Dawn of the solar age : an end to global warming and to fear / Prem Shankar Jha.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Elements of a perfect storm -- A desperate search for remedies -- Blind alleys and red herrings -- Solar thermal revolution -- The strange neglect of biomass -- Transport fuels are the place to start -- Limitless potential of biomass -- Completing the energy shift-hydrogen from sunlight -- The inertia of the market economy -- Where the world went wrong -- Backlash : attack on climate science -- How the sun will change our world -- Catchup-India as a case study -- Retreat from war.

The sun is heating the planet, with fossil fuels adding to global warming, yet is also a source of alternative fuels.

Our planet is growing hotter, which is mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. Yet, most of us remain chained to the belief that there is no alternative source of energy sufficiently plentiful and cheap. Dawn of the Solar Age provides a blueprint for shifting the energy base of human civilisation out of fossil fuels and successfully reducing the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The author shows how the commercialisation of fully proven technologies--that can provide limitless amounts of renewable energy and entirely replace all fossil fuels--is being delayed to serve the purposes of dominant corporations and nations. He studies the economic viability of these technologies and tells us how we can avert the imminent disaster that we face today. He concludes that the transition out of fossil fuels, though difficult, need not be too slow to prevent irreparable damage.

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