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Solar Revolution
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Solar Revolution

The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry

Travis Bradford
MIT Press, 2006

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Recommendation

Travis Bradford is the president and founder of a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of renewable energy. He is convinced of the necessity of solar energy and he wants to persuade you, too. He considers the various ways society currently produces power and the new technologies now underway, and makes the most generous assumptions in trends, advances and breakthroughs in favor of solar energy. Bradford’s arguments are lucid, if a bit rose-colored. You may find them plausible or you may find them to be more advocacy than science. However, the world clearly needs new power sources and solar will undoubtedly play a significant role. getAbstract recommends this book to everyone who is concerned about global resources. You may not agree with its conclusions, but it is still worth reading for its information about the issues involved.

Take-Aways

  • Global demand for energy is pushing up oil and gas prices.
  • The current infrastructure of energy production is at its limits.
  • Fossil fuels now produce 66% of the world’s electricity compared with 75% in the 1970s.

About the Author

Travis Bradford is president and founder of the Prometheus Institute for Sustainable Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts, a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting the deployment of sustainable technologies.

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