| 书目名称 | Unsustainable | | 副标题 | The History and Poli | | 编辑 | James T. Bennett | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Examines the history, politics, and economics of alternative energy.Analyzes the current debate over siting and subsidizing wind and solar plants.Gives a fair and extensive hearing to critics of these | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book examines the history, politics, and economics of alternative energy. Since the energy crisis of the 1970s, governments around the world have subsidized and otherwise incentivized alternative forms of energy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. This search has taken on added urgency in the twenty-first century, as the specter of climate change has engendered ambitious state-level renewable portfolio standards, enhanced federal incentives, and inspired “100% renewable” electrical generation targets in such states as Vermont and Hawaii. To save the planet from destruction, wind, solar, and other renewable energy alternatives must replace fossil fuels. But how did we get here and what is the cost?. .After an in-depth study of the Carter administration‘s synthetic fuels program, the focus shifts to the two most prominent, perhaps most promising, and certainly most promoted—and government subsidized—“green” and “renewable” energies today: wind and solar. Because wind has made the most headway and drawn the most controversy, it receives the most attention. Although the primary focus is on the American experience with renewable energy, the policies and politics of renewables in | | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | | 关键词 | Wind Energy; Solar Energy; Synthetic Fuels; Wind Turbines; Siting of Wind and Solar "Farms"; Alternative | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78904-6 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-78903-9 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-78904-6 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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