
Rooftop Revolution : How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy-and Our Planet-from Dirty Energy.
Title:
Rooftop Revolution : How Solar Power Can Save Our Economy-and Our Planet-from Dirty Energy.
Author:
Kennedy, Danny.
ISBN:
9781609946654
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (129 pages)
Series:
BK Currents
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue An Energy Primer -- Chapter 1 Sunny Side Up -- Chapter 2 Empires of the Sun -- Chapter 3 Role Models for the Rooftop Revolution -- Chapter 4 Take a Walk on the Sunny Side -- Chapter 5 Hot Jobs -- Chapter 6 Energized -- Epilogue Fire 2.0 -- Notes -- Additional Resources -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author -- About Sungevity.
Abstract:
Here is the truth that the powerful Dirty Energy public relations machine doesn't want you to know: the ascent of solar energy is upon us. Solar-generated electricity has risen exponentially in the last few years and employment in the solar industry has doubled since 2009. Meanwhile, electricity from coal has declined to pre-World War II levels as the fossil fuel industry continues to shed jobs. Danny Kennedy systematically refutes the lies spread by solar's opponents-that it is expensive, inefficient, and unreliable; that it is kept alive only by subsidies; that it can't be scaled; and many other untruths. He shows that we need a rooftop revolution to break the entrenched power of the coal, oil, nuclear, and gas industries Solar energy can create more jobs, return our nation to prosperity, and ensure the sustainability and safety of our planet. Now is the time to move away from the dangerous energy sources of the past and unleash the amazing potential of the sun.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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