Green Energy (WIRED guides): How to build a sustainable future

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Green Energy (WIRED guides): How to build a sustainable future
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Nicole Kobie
By (author) WIRED
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 179,Width 132
Category/GenreBusiness strategy
Entrepreneurship
Sustainability
Technology - general issues
ISBN/Barcode 9781847943293
ClassificationsDewey:658.4083
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint Penguin (Cornerstone)
Publication Date 21 April 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The everything-you-need-to-know WIRED guide to the future of energy Fossil fuels may be keeping the world running, but they're also destroying the planet. What viable alternatives do we have, and what technological breakthroughs are on the horizon? In this brilliantly wide-ranging, one-stop guide WIRED journalist Nicole Kobie outlines the environmental threats we face through our reliance on carbon-based energy, and considers whether and when sustainable energy can take its place. She looks at the major technologies currently available - solar, wind and geothermal among them - explaining how they work and what potential they possess. She shows how electricity supply is being transformed by advances in storage and distribution. She assesses how each form of energy is being adapted to serve our industrial and domestic needs. And she addresses the fundamental question- can the world's energy supply become fully sustainable within the next decade?

Author Biography

Nicole Kobie is a freelance journalist focussing on technology, transport and science. She is a futures editor at PC Pro and a contributing editor at WIRED UK.