Dawn of the solar age : an end to global warming and to fear /

Dawn of the solar age : an end to global warming and to fear /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jha, Prem Shankar, author.
Imprint:	New Delhi, India : SAGE Publications India Pvt., Ltd., 2018.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 280 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Solar energy. Global warming. Atmospheric carbon dioxide. Renewable energy sources. Atmospheric carbon dioxide. Global warming. Renewable energy sources. Solar energy. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12018296

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ISBN:	9789352800032 9352800036 9789386602992 9386602997 9789352800049
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 5, 2017).
Summary:	The sun is heating the planet, with fossil fuels adding to global warming, yet is also a source of alternative fuels. Our planet is growing hotter, which is mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. Yet, most of us remain chained to the belief that there is no alternative source of energy sufficiently plentiful and cheap. Dawn of the Solar Age provides a blueprint for shifting the energy base of human civilisation out of fossil fuels and successfully reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The author shows how the commercialisation of fully proven technologies--that can provide limitless amounts of renewable energy and entirely replace all fossil fuels--is being delayed to serve the purposes of dominant corporations and nations. He studies the economic viability of these technologies and tells us how we can avert the imminent disaster that we face today. He concludes that the transition out of fossil fuels, though difficult, need not be too slow to prevent irreparable damage.

Table of Contents:

Elements of a perfect storm
A desperate search for remedies
Blind alleys and red herrings
Solar thermal revolution
The strange neglect of biomass
Transport fuels are the place to start
Limitless potential of biomass
Completing the energy shift-hydrogen from sunlight
The inertia of the market economy
Where the world went wrong
Backlash : attack on climate science
How the sun will change our world
Catchup-India as a case study
Retreat from war.