A Solar Manifesto
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (838 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1902916514 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Scheer constructs a radical yet innovative political and economic model and argues the case with passion and conviction for the global solar economy as the route to a sustainable environment. Thought-provoking and profoundly challenging, this book will be an inspiration to anyone concerned with energy and the global environment.. Herman Scheer shows that this crisis may yet be reversed – but it can only be made to happen through a fundamental change in political and economic strategies, paving the way towards a global solar energy economy sustained by new social principles. For Herman Scheer, the answer is a definite no. Seven years after the first edition of this book, answers are now more urgently required that ever, as current policies serve merely to alleviate the escalating symptoms rather than attempting a cure for what could become a terminal affliction. In this fully updated edition of A Solar Manifesto, he once more attacks the lack of political will to find answers outside a conventional frame of reference. Climate change, pollution, deforestation, destruction of the ozone layer, poverty and the population explosion are all problems created or exacerbated by the use of conventional energy. In the decade since the 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janiero, the response of the wor
radical refreshing Anthony R. Kassel This is an important read for young adults who want to affect positive changes in their lifetime. This book helps readers develop informed opinions on global warming and more importantly what the reader can do about it. I thlnk this is the most important book that I have read since Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring.. Important topic, awful book I'm fully in favour of a solar-driven society, so I had high expectations for A Solar Manifesto. Nothing presages a coming revolution better than a good manifesto. But unfortunately this supposed manifesto is just a badly translated and outdated rant. The solar energy community would have been better off without it.To start with, the English in this book is often awkward and unconventional. It is apparently a translation from an original German text, but I must say that I have seldom seen such an unprofessional translation in print. Secondly, this is not so much a reasoned argument for solar energy, but an emotional tirade agains
Hermann Scheer is a member of the German Bundestag (Parliament) and President of EUROSOLAR, the European organization for renewable energies. In a career devoted to the replacement of nuclear and fossil fuels with environmentally sound energy sources, Dr Scheer has received numerous awards, including the
'A monumental and breathtaking achievement! It is a visionary masterpiece, a thoughtful and well-reasoned polemic, and a handbook for a new age' Neville Williams, President of the Solar Electric Light Fund, USA 'Scheer's rhetoric could ignite the positive enthusiasm of a new generation' Renew 'Scheer genius' Frank Cook, MP, UK