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A smart energy policy : an economist's Rx for balancing cheap, clean, and secure energy / James M. Griffin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 193 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300149869
  • 0300149867
  • 9786612353345
  • 6612353341
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Smart energy policy.DDC classification:
  • 333.790973 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9502.U52 G75 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The three conflicting goals of energy policy -- The end of cheap oil? -- Oil security in an increasingly insecure world -- Climate change and the search for clean energy -- Climate change and the difficult search for institutions and policies -- A smart energy policy.
Summary: While everyone wants energy that is clean, cheap and secure these goals often conflict: traditional fossil fuels tend to be cheaper than alternative fuels, but they are hardly clean or secure. This ia an accessible explanation of the issues as well as sensible proposals for a truly sustainable energy policy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-187) and index.

The three conflicting goals of energy policy -- The end of cheap oil? -- Oil security in an increasingly insecure world -- Climate change and the search for clean energy -- Climate change and the difficult search for institutions and policies -- A smart energy policy.

Print version record.

While everyone wants energy that is clean, cheap and secure these goals often conflict: traditional fossil fuels tend to be cheaper than alternative fuels, but they are hardly clean or secure. This ia an accessible explanation of the issues as well as sensible proposals for a truly sustainable energy policy.

English.

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