Is Renewable Really Doable?: Exploring Clean Energy's Opportunities and Tough Realities
- ISBN-10
- 0615561829
- ISBN-13
- 9780615561820
- Category
- Renewable energy sources
- Pages
- 348
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-02-13
- Author
- Craig Shields
Description
Why are Americans so slow to make the change to sustainable energy sources and off of fossil fuels? It will happen sooner or later the author purports, so why not now? Why are Americans so slow to make a change here when its clear that our love affair with dirty energy cannot continue, regardless of the economics involved.
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