{"id":2764,"date":"2009-07-30T00:00:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T05:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.olino.org\/us\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2009-07-29T18:03:15","modified_gmt":"2009-07-29T23:03:15","slug":"book-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olino.org\/blog\/us\/articles\/2009\/07\/30\/book-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Energy Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"books1\"<\/a>Many books about renewable energy have already been written. But what books can be advised? Here is an overview of books which are recommended by visitors of the OliNo.org website.<\/p>\n

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Here is a first set of books. I will update the list based on the tips provided by visitors of this site. So if you have read a good book about renewable energy let us know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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The party’s over<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"The<\/a><\/td>\n\n\t\tThe world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times.<\/p>\n

\t\tIn “The Party’s Over,” Richard Heinberg places this momentous transition in historical context, showing how industrialism arose from the harnessing of fossil fuels, how competition to control access to oil shaped the geopolitics of the twentieth century and how contention for dwindling energy resources in the twenty-first century will lead to resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia and South America. He describes the likely impacts of oil depletion and all of the energy alternatives. Predicting chaos unless the United States-the world’s foremost oil consumer-is willing to join with other countries to implement a global program of resource conservation and sharing, he also recommends a “managed collapse” that might make way for a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future.<\/p>\n

\t\tMore readable than other accounts of this issue, with fuller discussion of the context, social implications and recommendations for personal, community, national and global action, Heinberg’s updated book is a riveting wake-up call for human-kind as the oil era winds down, and a critical tool for understanding and influencing current US foreign policy.\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Author<\/th>\nRichard Heinberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/th>\nEngels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tipped by<\/th>\nAndre Hospers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/th>\n15-7-2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reviews<\/th>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Available<\/th>\nAmazon.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sustainable Energy – without the hot air<\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"cover300\"<\/a><\/td>\nWe have an addiction to fossil fuels, and it\u2019s not sustainable. The devel-
\n\toped world gets 80% of its energy from fossil fuels; Britain, 90%. And
\n\tthis is unsustainable for three reasons. First, easily-accessible fossil fu-
\n\tels will at some point run out, so we\u2019ll eventually have to get our energy
\n\tfrom someplace else. Second, burning fossil fuels is having a measurable
\n\tand very-probably dangerous effect on the climate. Avoiding dangerous
\n\tclimate change motivates an immediate change from our current use of
\n\tfossil fuels. Third, even if we don\u2019t care about climate change, a drastic
\n\treduction in Britain\u2019s fossil fuel consumption would seem a wise move if
\n\twe care about security of supply: continued rapid use of the North Sea Photo by Terry Cavner.
\n\toil and gas reserves will otherwise soon force fossil-addicted Britain to de-
\n\tpend on imports from untrustworthy foreigners. (I hope you can hear my
\n\ttongue in my cheek.)
\n\tHow can we get off our fossil fuel addiction?\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author<\/th>\nDavidJCMacKay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Languag<\/th>\nEngels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tipped by<\/th>\nAndre Hospers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/th>\n15 juli 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reviews<\/th>\nReview Science<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Available<\/th>\nwww.withouthotair.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"necessary1\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n\t\tAt this moment I am reading Peter Senge’s latest book: ‘The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World\u2019. I am somewhere halfway and getting more inspired each page. Peter Senge completely puts sustainability in a new perspective. The traditional idea of sustainability meaning the need to change our current economic activities in such way that it causes less environmental pressure in order to give nature a chance, is no longer sufficient. According to Senge developing economic activities and the environmental wellbeing of our world, should not be considered anymore as two opposite goals from which we need to choose. He even puts their relation in the opposite direction, that is: nature is not depending on us whether or not we give nature a chance, no, we are depending on nature whether or not nature gives us a chance. We need to treat nature in such way that it keeps giving us the opportunity to maintain and develop our economic activities.\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author<\/th>\nPeter Senge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/th>\nEngels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tipped by<\/th>\nArjan de Vries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/th>\n10 juli 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reviews<\/th>\nNot yet available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Available<\/th>\nAmazon.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Transition Handbook: from oil dependency to local resilience<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"transitionhandbookcover\"<\/a><\/td>\nWe live in an oil-dependent world, and have got to this level of dependency in a very short space of time, using vast reserves of oil in the process \u2013 without planning for when the supply is not so plentiful. Most of us avoid thinking about what happens when oil runs out (or becomes prohibitively expensive), but The Transition Handbook shows how the inevitable and profound changes ahead can have a positive outcome. These changes can lead to the rebirth of local communities, which will grow more of their own food, generate their own power, and build their own houses using local materials. They can also encourage the development of local currencies, to keep money in the local area.\n\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Author<\/th>\nRob Hopkins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language<\/th>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tipped by<\/th>\nInge Kouw<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date<\/th>\n1 July 2009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reviews<\/th>\nNot yet available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Available<\/th>\nTransitionculture<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Book tips<\/h3>\n

Do you have good book tip, add it as comment below. Please provide the following information:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Title<\/li>\n
  • Author<\/li>\n
  • Language<\/li>\n
  • What do you think of this book\n
  • Where to get this book?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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