Energy Revolutions - David Toke

Energy Revolutions

Profiteering versus Democracy

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
224 Seiten
2024
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-4925-1 (ISBN)
22,40 inkl. MwSt
A way out of the energy crisis – a green, cheap, democratic energy system is possible
'A vision of how, in the renewable era, shared ownership of energy could lead to a future of equality and economic security' - Molly Scott Cato



This book exposes the energy crisis as an inevitable result of an industry run by and for corporate profit. Energy policy was never meant to favour sustainability or energy security – for decades, it has been shaped by corporate interests while hampering renewable alternatives. Now we suffer the consequences.



Written by a leading energy expert, Energy Revolutions reveals the urgent need to radically increase state intervention, including public ownership, and deploy energy democracy for the public interest. It explores examples of energy democracy around the world, showing us how to fight back against fossil fuel interests, avoid climate catastrophe and the threat of nuclear technological dependency; transforming energy into a cheap, decentralised renewable good for all.

David Toke is Reader in Energy Politics at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of nine books, has written in many newspapers and magazines, and is the founding director of the not-for-profit organisation 100percentrenewableuk.

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Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Pathways to Energy Revolutions

2. How Neoliberalism Wrecked UK Energy... and How to Turn Things Around

3. USA and Canada: How Pro-Corporate Policies Have Slowed the Energy Revolution - But How Far Can Biden's Laws Change This?

4. The EU: Neoliberalism Has Failed - So What Could Be Next?

5. Getting Green Energy

Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 21 Figures
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Marketing / Vertrieb
ISBN-10 0-7453-4925-0 / 0745349250
ISBN-13 978-0-7453-4925-1 / 9780745349251
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