Energy Transitions: Global and National Perspectives

This book provides a detailed, global examination of energy transitions, supplying a long-term historical perspective, an up-to-date assessment of recent and near-term advances in energy production technology and implementation, and an explanation of why efforts to limit global warming and to shift away from fossil fuels have been gradual.

• Presents historical coverage of energy production, energy use, and key technical and economic factors that affect the currently unfolding transitions

• Offers insightful analysis of energy transitions on both the national and global scale to explain the possibilities and limitations of the process

• Supplies a critical appraisal of new renewable conversions that makes clear their advantages and potential benefits as well as their inherent unavoidable limitations

• Enables general readers to gain an in-depth understanding of energy transitions from the perspective of an acclaimed scientist with expertise in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, technical innovation, and public policy

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