The Renewable Energy Transition: Realities for Canada and the World 1st ed. 2020 Edition John Erik Meyer

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3030291146
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3030291143
• Author(s): John Erik Meyer

Canada is a well-endowed country that serves as an ideal model to lead the reader through the development of energy, resources, and society historically and into a post-carbon future. The book provides an historical perspective and describes the physical resource limitations, energy budgets, and climate realities that will determine the potential for any transition to renewable energy. Political and social realities, including jurisdiction and energy equality issues, are addressed. However, we cannot simply mandate or legislate policies according to social and political aspirations. Policies must comply with the realities of physical laws, such as the energy return on investment (EROI) for fossil-fuel based and renewable energy systems. EROI is discussed in both historical terms and in reference to the greater efficiencies inherent in a distributed generation, mainly electric, post-carbon society. Meyer explores the often misleading concepts and terms that have become embedded in society and tend to dictate our policy making, as well as the language, social and personal goals, and metrics that need to change before the physical transition can begin at the required scale.

Table contents:

1. Stored Energy Builds a Northern Nation
2. Canada’s Energy History
3. Energy Budgets for People and Nations
4. Abundance Abounds, Why Change?
5. Renewable Energy Learning Curve
6. Renewable Energy in a Spectrum of Countries
7. Choosing the Right Metric for the Job
8. Public Policy Formation for Successful Change
9. The Transition from the Ground Up
10. Building a Renewable Energy Network—Canadian and Northern Options
11. A New World for Public Policy
12. Steps Toward the Other Side of the Transition

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