On the Grid : Climate Change and the Utopia of Green Energy

Name: On the Grid : Climate Change and the Utopia of Green Energy
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc

Oxford University Press Inc

What kind of future would the utopian idea of unlimited green energy bring about? On the Grid, based on Michael Warner's Berkeley Tanner Lectures, raises critical questions about the sharp turn in environmental thought which addresses climate change through the form of a new power grid, driven by renewable energy and the goal to \""electrify everything.\"" Environmental thought increasingly centers infrastructure, particularly the goal of a decarbonized electrical grid. The aim is unlimited energy use, but without greenhouse gas emissions. Warner asks: What kind of consumer is imagined when climate action takes the form of a green grid? How will that change actions around environmental ethics and politics, for example the mantra \""reduce, re-use, recycle\""? What other features of the\n\nOn the Grid\nClimate Change and the Utopia of Green Energy\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note tha;