The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy

by Lester R. Brown

Book Overview

As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging. The old economy, fueled by oil, natural gas, and coal is being replaced with one powered by wind, solar, and geothermal energy.

The Great Transition details the accelerating pace of this global energy revolution. As many countries become less enamored with coal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039335055X
• ISBN13: 9780393350555
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.2"