Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations The Sociology and Technology of Energy

• Main Author: Mazur, Allan
• Format: eBook Book Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon ; New York Routledge 2013; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Climate Change; Conservation; Daniel Yergin; Economics of energy; Electricity; Elektrizität; Elektrizitätsversorgung; Energiekonsum; Energieversorgung; Energy; Energy consumption; Energy economics; Energy policy; Energy policy > Developed countries; Energy policy and economics; Environment & Resources; Environment & Society; Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy; Environmental Sociology; Environmental Studies; Fossil fuels; Industrial Society; Industrieländer; Power resources; Power resources > Developed countries; Power resources > Social aspects > Developed countries; Public opinion; Public policy; Renewable energy sources; Social aspects; Sociology of energy; Sustainability; Sustainable development; Sustainable energy; The Quest; United States; Young Man; Environmental policy; Conservation; Vice Versa; Biodiversity; NERC; Environmental economics; Sustainable development; Industrial Society; Sea Water; Ship Owner; Risk Entrepreneurs; Nuclear Power; Turbine's Gearbox; Technical Controversy; Economics of energy; Sustainability; Sociology of energy; Environmental studies; Lower Voltage Distribution Lines; National Academy; High Voltage Transmission Lines; Low Monetary Cost; Genus Homo; Energy Sources; Power Plants; Energy policy; Environmental sociology; Fossil fuels; News Coverage; Risk Benefit Analysis; Public policy; Daniel Yergin; West Germany; Non-carbon Source; Climate Change; High Voltage Electric Transmission Lines; The Quest; Energy economics; Cafe Standard; Energy Futures; Sustainable energy; Jevons Paradox
• ISBN: 0415634423; 9780415634410; 0415634415; 9780415634427; 1136207406; 1136207392; 9780203094488; 113620735X; 9781136207396; 0203094484; 9781136207402; 9781136207358
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203094488

Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate. In this book, Allan Mazur, an engineer and a sociologist, explains energy technologies for nontechnical readers and analyses the sociology of energy. The book gives an overview of energy policy in industrialised countries including analysis of climate change, the development of electricity, forms of renewable energy and public perception of the issues. Energy is a key component to environment policy and to the workings of industrial society. This novel approach to energy technology and policy makes the book an invaluable inter-disciplinary resource for students across a range of subjects, from environmental and engineering policy, to energy technology, public administration, and environmental sociology and economics.