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020 _a9781603584098 (pbk.)
020 _a9781603584104 (ebook)
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050 0 0 _aTK1006
_b.P34 2012
100 1 _aPahl, Greg.
245 1 0 _aPower from the people :
_bhow to organize, finance, and launch local energy projects /
_cGreg Pahl ; foreword by Van Jones.
260 _aWhite River Junction, Vt. :
_bChelsea Green Pub.,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource
490 0 _aA community resilience guide
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-250) and index.
520 _a"Over 90 percent of US power generation comes from large, centralized, highly polluting, nonrenewable sources of energy. It is delivered through long, brittle transmission lines, and then is squandered through inefficiency and waste. But it doesn't have to be that way. Communities can indeed produce their own local, renewable energy.Power from the People explores how homeowners, co-ops, nonprofit institutions, governments, and businesses are putting power in the hands of local communities through distributed energy programs and energy-efficiency measures.Using examples from around the nation - and occasionally from around the world - Greg Pahl explains how to plan, organize, finance, and launch community-scale energy projects that harvest energy from sun, wind, water, and earth. He also explains why community power is a necessary step on the path to energy security and community resilience - particularly as we face peak oil, cope with climate change, and address the need to transition to a more sustainable future.This book - the second in the Chelsea Green Publishing Company and Post Carbon Institute's Community Resilience Series - also profiles numerous communitywide initiatives that can be replicated elsewhere. "--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aSmall power production facilities.
650 0 _aCommunity development.
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650 7 _aHOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Alternative & Renewable.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.
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856 4 2 _3Cover image
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