1. Technology and society -- 2. Energy and environment -- 3. Sustainable technology -- 4. Greening technology -- 5. The nuclear alternative -- 6. Renewable energy -- 7. Renewables worldwide -- 8. Sustainable energy strategy -- 9. Getting started: institutional obstacles -- 10. Keeping going: deployment problems -- 11. Case study: public reactions to UK wind farms -- 12. Public acceptance: the need for negotiation -- 13. Sustainable development -- 14. The global perspective -- 15. The sustainable future -- 16. Conclusions: the way ahead? -- App. I. Exploratory questions -- App. II. Contacts -- App. III. General reading
Summary
Examines the potential and limits of technical solutions to environmental problems
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-246) and index
Notes
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