Renewable energies /

Renewable Energy normally refers to usable energy sources that are an alternative to fuel sources, but without the negatively evaluated consequences of the replaced fuels. Although energy issues have a long tradition in sociology and other social sciences, it may now be high time to conceptualize th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gross, Matthias, 1969-
Corporate Author: Ebook Library
Other Authors: Mautz, RĂ¼diger
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2015.
Series:Key ideas.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Renewable Energy normally refers to usable energy sources that are an alternative to fuel sources, but without the negatively evaluated consequences of the replaced fuels. Although energy issues have a long tradition in sociology and other social sciences, it may now be high time to conceptualize these in sociological terms as the lynchpin in our understanding of the way societies are set to develop in the 21st century. This concise book focuses on sociological attempts at better framing contemporary theories of energy transformations and to deliver an accessible overview on the relationships.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135102906
1135102902
9780203798027