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Green: Your Place in the New Energy Revolution

Autor Jane Hoffman, Michael Hoffman
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2008

"Green "illustrates and sheds new light on the gamut of issues associated with renewable energy, a topic whose importance increases exponentially with every temperature record-setting year. Jane and Michael Hoffman use their years of experience to explain the technological and economic future of this ecologically significant issue. They incisively explain its politics: what countries are doing right now and, most importantly, what the U.S. "should" be doing. "Green "will cut through the hype and polemics surrounding ecologically friendly technologies and present the unvarnished truth. It will guide the reader through the misinformation and confusion over global warming, and demonstrate the degree to which renewable energy can be part of the solution.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780230605442
ISBN-10: 0230605443
Pagini: 254
Dimensiuni: 161 x 236 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:Wellness Centra.
Editura: Palgrave MacMillan
Locul publicării:Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Descriere

Green will illustrate and shed new light on the gamut of issues associated with renewable energy, a topic whose importance increases exponentially with every temperature record-setting year. Jane and Michael Hoffman use their years of experience to explain the technological and economic future of this ecologically significant issue. They incisively explain its politics: what countries are doing right now and, most importantly, what we should be doing. Green will cut through the hype and polemics surrounding ecologically friendly technologies and present the unvarnished truth. It will guide the reader through the misinformation and confusion over global warming, and demonstrate the degree to which renewable energy can be part of the solution.

Cuprins

Introduction: Even Dogs Can See in Green
Green Money
Energy Present
The Formula, Part One: Renewable Energy
Power Playing
Power to the People
Fuel-ish Choices
Creating an Industry
Technologies that Don't Exist Yet
The Global Low-Carbon Economy
The Green Standard – Best Practices
Conclusion: The Green Economy

Notă biografică


Jane Hoffman is a nationally renowned policy expert on consumer issues and domestic policy and has acted as advisor on energy issues to all of the major Democratic 2008 US presidential candidates. She ran the Department of Consumer Affairs during the Giuliani administration, and has also worked as a Senior Producer at CNN. She serves as a Trustee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and is a member of EMILY'S List Majority Council.

Michael Hoffman is Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings, LLC, where he manages the world's largest renewable energy fund.  He specializes in global investments in renewable energy and power enterprises.

Caracteristici

AUTHORS' PLATFORMS: Jane Hoffman is the expert to whom all of the major US presidential candidates turn for issues related to renewable energy. She is working with Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards. Michael Hoffman is preeminent on Wall Street and his firm is frequently mentioned in the Wall Street Journal as one of the most prolific energy investors
MEDIA ATTENTION: Jane Hoffman has a great media platform in the US which we are aiming to extend worldwide. She has appeared on Good Morning, America, CBS This Morning, ABC World News Tonight, CNN and Fox News
FORWARD LOOKING: This book will distinguish itself by illuminating all components of the renewable energy issues: policy, industry, corporate stakes, technology, solutions from the science community, economic effects, oil politics, as well as what the average consumer do to make a difference