"This book deepens our understanding of ethical drivers in energy policy and contributes to future decision-making on transitions towards a sustainable energy system. During the latest fifty years Western energy politics have been faced with a series of ethical challenges including rapid growth,...

In the fight against global warming, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is a major objective. In particular, a decrease in electricity generation by coal could contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. We study potential economic consequences of a coal phase-out in Germany, using a...

There are no technofixes. Neither 'clean' energy nor 'green' capitalism will preserve our lands, rivers, oceans, health, and lives. Neither governments nor corporations nor 'the market' can bring us out of the netherworld they themselves have created. Mother Earth calls to the grass-roots for...

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Setting the Scene: - The Economy's a-Tanking and There's an Energy Crisis in ... -- Chapter 1 - PROMISSORY NOTES From Crisis to Commons -- CRISIS: WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT IS NOT -- 1. CRISES PAST AND CRISIS PRESENT: FROM...

"With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are becoming more conscious of the systems that meet their daily needs for food, heat, cooling, light, transportation, communication, waste disposal, medicine, and goods. Powering...