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OverviewScientists tell us we need to cut carbon emissions immediately to forestall effects of global warming. Reducing fossil fuel use is the key, and energy experts are hard at work devising solutions. Engineers create remarkable clean energy technologies. Energy policy analysts invent carbon credits and renewable portfolio standards. Fossil energy industrialists promise new, clean technology. Renewable energy industrialists compete to develop the magic bullet for transportation fuel or power generation. Every idea is designed to change the nation's energy sector to one that is clean and sustainable for the future. But what is this energy sector we have and how did it come about? Design professionals, planners, elected officials, and community leaders are under tremendous pressure to find solutions to climate change. They need a broader view of America's relationship with energy to gain perspective on how new ideas might work. Energy in America tells this story, emphasizing that energy use has always been based on cultural factors as well as technology. Energy in America relates how coal, oil and natural gas built the nation from its beginning and created today's consumer culture. It continues with the rise of the electric utility industry and its influence on American society. Finally, it explores the 1970s, when America woke to conservation and efficiency, and the renewable energy industries were born. It concludes with a look at the future possibilities for community energy planning and current trends in sustainable energy policy. The book features a comprehensive energy timeline from 1775 to the present. Each chapter provides primary web sources, and the book contains a complete index. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ingrid KelleyPublisher: University of Vermont Press Imprint: University of Vermont Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9781584656401ISBN 10: 1584656409 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 31 December 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThe chapters on energy efficiency and conservation, and on community energy and sustainability, are especially good and well worth reading. Particularly important are the discussions of how ordinary citizens or community groups can participate in decision-making and affect energy policy as it might impact their communities or regions. --Centre Daily Times, PA In Energy in America: A Tour of Our Fossil Fuel Culture and Beyond, Ingrid Kelley delivers a concise yet comprehensive explanation of the key intersections of energy, the environment, the economy, and sustainability. Kelley describes how our power is generated and delivered, how to cut our still profligate use of it, what renewable energy options are open to us, and - most important to this audience - how planners can apply the lessons of sustainability in their communities . . . the chapter titled Community Energy and Sustainability is a goldmine for planners . . . I plan to use Kelley's book this spring as a text in my graduate school class on climate change. In fact, I think it should be on every planner's shelf. --Planning Magazine Author InformationINGRID KELLEY has promoted renewable energy, energy efficiency, permaculture, and sustainable community design for over twenty years. She has a Masters in Community and Regional Planning, and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Currently a project manager at the Energy Center of Wisconsin, she serves as chair of the Environment, Natural Resources and Energy Division of the American Planning Association. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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