TITLE:
A bright future : how some countries have solved climate change and the rest can follow / Joshua S. Goldstein and Staffan A. Qvist.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York : Public Affairs,
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
x, 276 p. : ill.
Additional Contributors:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-264) and index.
Summary:
As climate change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight. Several countries have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades. By following their methods, we could decarbonize the global economy by midcentury, replacing fossil fuels even while world energy use continues to rise. But so far we have lacked the courage to really try. Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist explain how clean energy quickly replaced fossil fuels in such places as Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario. Their people enjoyed prosperity and growing energy use in harmony with the natural environment. They didn't do this through personal sacrifice, nor through 100 percent renewables, but by using them in combination with an energy source the Swedes call kÞarnkraft, hundreds of times safer and cleaner than coal.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781541724105
