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Energy revolutions : profiteering versus democracy / by David Toke.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: . - London : Pluto press , 2024Description: xiii, 202 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 0745349250
  • 9780745349251
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.79 TOK/E 23
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Pathways to Energy Revolutions -- 2. How Neoliberalism Wrecked UK Energy -- and How to Turn Things Around -- 3. The USA and Canada: How Pro-corporate Policies Have Slowed the Energy Revolution -- 4. The EU: Neoliberalism Has Failed, What Could Be Next? -- 5. Getting Green Energy -- 6. Conclusion.
Summary: "This book exposes the energy crisis as an inevitable result of an industry run by and for corporate profit. Energy policy was never meant to favour sustainability or energy security - for decades, it has been shaped by corporate interests while hampering renewable alternatives. Now we suffer the consequences."--Page [4] of cover.
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Book Dept. of Political Science Dept. of Political Science 333.79 TOK/E (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available POL23756

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- 1. Pathways to Energy Revolutions -- 2. How Neoliberalism Wrecked UK Energy -- and How to Turn Things Around -- 3. The USA and Canada: How Pro-corporate Policies Have Slowed the Energy Revolution -- 4. The EU: Neoliberalism Has Failed, What Could Be Next? -- 5. Getting Green Energy -- 6. Conclusion.

"This book exposes the energy crisis as an inevitable result of an industry run by and for corporate profit. Energy policy was never meant to favour sustainability or energy security - for decades, it has been shaped by corporate interests while hampering renewable alternatives. Now we suffer the consequences."--Page [4] of cover.

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