Biofuels are currently in the middle of a heated academic and public policy debate. Biofuels production has increased fivefold in the past decade and is expected to double by 2020. Most of this expansion will happen in developing nations. This book is the first of its kind, prov…
Biofuels are currently in the middle of a heated academic and public policy debate. Biofuels production has increased fivefold in the past decade and is expected to double by 2020. Most of this expansion will happen in developing nations. This book is the first of its kind, prov…
This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges. Using extensive original research this book offer…
This discusses the challenges that the developing world faces when implementing and utilizing environmentally friendly techniques for the adoption of sustainable practices in developing countries.
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 g…
Routes of Power
The fossil fuel revolution is usually rendered as a tale of historic advances in energy production. In this perspective-changing account, Christopher F. Jones instead tells a story of advances in energy access--canals, pipelines, and wires that delivered power in unprecedented q…
