People's power : reclaiming the energy commons
Dawson, Ashley, 1965-2022
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The science is conclusive: to avoid irreversible climate collapse, the burning of all fossil fuels will have to end in the next decade. Ashley Dawson sets out what is required to make this momentous shift: simply replacing coal-fired power plants with for-profit solar energy farms will only maintain the toxic illusion that it is possible to sustain relentlessly expanding energy consumption. We can no longer think of energy as a commodity. Instead we must see it as part of the global commons, a vital element in the great stock of air, water, plants, and cultural forms like language and art that are the inheritance of humanity as a whole. 'People's Power' provides a persuasive critique of a market-led transition to renewable energy. It surveys the early development of the electric grid in the United States, telling the story of battles for public control over power during the Great Depression.
Main title:
People's power : reclaiming the energy commons / Ashley Dawson.
Author:
Dawson, Ashley, 1965-, author
Imprint:
Berkeley : OR Books, 2022.
Collation:
274 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:
9781682192979 (pbk)
Dewey class:
333.794
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1002456