Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy

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Global warming is the hottest political issue of the day, and it is likely to become even more pressing over the coming years.This is a positive, proactive book that proposes a set of policies and strategies for implementing the most promising cleaner energy technologies by all spheres of government, business and community organisations. The book argues that despite being a coal- and oil-dependent country, Australia could achieve an ecologically sustainable energy system. All we need is the political will.

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"'This book constitutes a guide to our future energy options, a handbook to help us to design a sustainable future. That is our responsibility to the countless millions of other species that share this planet with us, and to the future generations for whom we hold it in trust.' (From the Foreword) - Professor Ian Lowe AO FTSE"

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Dr Mark Diesendorf teaches in the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales and is the director of a company that does consulting and training on various aspects of ecologically sustainable development. Diesendorf has been Professor of Environmental Science at the UTS; a principal research scientist with the CSIRO; Vice-President of the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics; Vice-President of the appropriate technology association APACE; and a committee member of the Australia and New Zealand Solar Energy Society. He is co-editor with Clive Hamilton and principal author of Human Ecology, Human Economy: Ideas for an Ecologically Sustainable Society, and co-author of the scenario study A Clean Energy Future for Australia.