The third industrial revolution : how lateral power is transforming energy, the economy and the world / Jeremy Rifkin.
By: Rifkin, Jeremy
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TextPublisher: New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.Description: 291 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780230115217 (hardback); 0230115217 (hardback).Subject(s): Energy development | Power resources -- Environmental aspects | IndustriesDDC classification: 333.79 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 333.79 R448 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003736543 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-286) and index.
The Industrial Revolution, powered by oil and other fossil fuels, is spiraling into a dangerous endgame. The price of gas and food are climbing, unemployment remains high, the housing market has tanked, consumer and government debt is soaring, and the recovery is slowing. Facing the prospect of a second collapse of the global economy, humanity is desperate for a sustainable economic game plan to take us into the future. Rifkin explores how Internet technology and renewable energy are merging to create a powerful “Third Industrial Revolution.” He asks us to imagine hundreds of millions of people producing their own green energy in their homes, offices, and factories, and sharing it with each other in an “energy internet,” just like we now create and share information online.
Examines ways to become more energy independent using technology and renewable energy sources to create energy. Also looks at new types of electrical grids, in which energy is stored and distributed on an individual basis.
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