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9. SOLAR POWER TO THE PEOPLE

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. PREFACE xi
  5. INTRODUCTION: A CRISIS OF PESSIMISM 1
  6. 1. A WORLD APART 19
  7. 2. SIX BILLION AND COUNTING 28
  8. 3. CAN THE EARTH FEED EVERYONE? 38
  9. 4. FISH TALES 55
  10. 5. IS THE EARTH WARMING? 66
  11. 6. WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE 90
  12. 7. THE AIR WE BREATHE 106
  13. 8. FOSSIL FUELS— CULPRIT OR GENIE? 124
  14. 9. SOLAR POWER TO THE PEOPLE 142
  15. 10. NUKES TO THE RESCUE? 156
  16. 11. WHEELS 165
  17. 12. DON’T HARM THE PATIENT 179
  18. 13. CHOICES 192
  19. NOTES 203
  20. INDEX 229
  21. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 237
The Real Environmental Crisis
This chapter is in the book The Real Environmental Crisis
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520938403-012

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. PREFACE xi
  5. INTRODUCTION: A CRISIS OF PESSIMISM 1
  6. 1. A WORLD APART 19
  7. 2. SIX BILLION AND COUNTING 28
  8. 3. CAN THE EARTH FEED EVERYONE? 38
  9. 4. FISH TALES 55
  10. 5. IS THE EARTH WARMING? 66
  11. 6. WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE 90
  12. 7. THE AIR WE BREATHE 106
  13. 8. FOSSIL FUELS— CULPRIT OR GENIE? 124
  14. 9. SOLAR POWER TO THE PEOPLE 142
  15. 10. NUKES TO THE RESCUE? 156
  16. 11. WHEELS 165
  17. 12. DON’T HARM THE PATIENT 179
  18. 13. CHOICES 192
  19. NOTES 203
  20. INDEX 229
  21. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 237
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