Description The first book to offer a proven, fast, inexpensive, practical way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic Climate change.
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Trained as a nuclear engineer (Ph.
D., University of California, Berkeley), he is now involved in renewable energy development projects and also works with several "fourth generation" nuclear start-ups.
He has lectured and authored numerous studies in the scientific literature on various topics relating to energy technology and policy, nuclear reactor design and safety, and Climate Change mitigation strategies - research that has been covered by Scientific American and many other media outlets.
Qvist is a Swedish engineer, scientist and consultant to clean energy projects around the world.
Staffan A.
See www.joshuagoldstein.com.
He is professor emeritus at American University in Washington, DC, and research scholar at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he lives. from M.
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T. from Stanford and a Ph.
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Goldstein has a B.
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Among other awards, his book War and Gender (2001) won the International Studies Association\'s "Book of the Decade Award" in 2010.
He is the author of six books about war, peace, diplomacy, and economic history, and a bestselling college textbook, International Relations.
Goldstein is an International Relations professor who writes about the big issues facing humanity.
About the Author Joshua S.
It could spark a shift in world energy policy that, in the words of Steven Pinker\'s foreword, literally saves the world.
Clearly written and beautifully illustrated, yet footnoted with extensive technical references, Goldstein and Qvist\'s book will provide a new touchstone in discussions of Climate change.
They didn\'t do this through personal sacrifice, nor through 100 percent renewables, but by using them in combination with an energy source the Swedes call k rnkraft, hundreds of times safer and cleaner than coal.
Their people enjoyed prosperity and growing energy use in harmony with the natural environment.
In this clear-sighted and compelling book, Joshua Goldstein and Staffan Qvist explain how clean energy quickly replaced fossil fuels in such places as Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario.
But so far we Have lacked the courage to really try.
By following their methods, we could decarbonize the global economy by midcentury, replacing fossil fuels even while world energy use continues to rise.
Several Countries Have already replaced fossil fuels with low-carbon energy sources, and done so rapidly, in one to two decades.
As Climate Change quickly approaches a series of turning points that guarantee disastrous outcomes, a solution is hiding in plain sight.
Description The first book to offer a proven, fast, inexpensive, practical way to cut greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic Climate change
