The burning answer : the solar revolution : a quest for sustainable power /
Our civilization faces a choice. We could be enjoying a sustainable lifestyle but we have chosen not to. In three generations we have consumed half the oil produced by photosynthesis over eight million generations. In two generations we have used half our uranium resources. With threats from global...
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New York :
Pegasus Books,
2015.
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| Edition: | First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. The history of the semiconductor revolution
- We are stardust
- What is light?
- The quantum revolution
- Brighter than a thousand suns
- The mystery of the quantum conductor
- The semiconductor revolution
- Pt. II. The here and now of the solar revolution
- Questions for the solar revolution
- The solar cornucopia
- How can we reduce our carbon emissions?
- The politics of the solar revolution
- Pt. III. The future of the solar revolution
- Foretelling the future
- The electric car
- Solar fuel
- Manifesto for the solar revolution
- Tomorrow the world
- Wishful thinking?