Eating Your Greens
Apr. 5th, 2018 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qatsiBook Review: Energy Transformation - An Opportunity for Europe, by Claude Turmes
This was a random selection from the work book sale. There have been quite a few good news stories about renewable energy in Europe in recent years, and I hoped this might document some of them. Unfortunately, at least the first half is instead mostly a polemic against the industries that produce fossil fuel and nuclear energy, which may be deserved but is not an enjoyable read, and is unlikely to win anyone over who is not already convinced of the need to prioritise renewable energy sources. This is a shame, because the second half does formulate some interesting and feasible policies for a more concerted adoption of renewable energy, in particular for micro-generation and prosumers, there are some sections where the good news is covered, and the brief description about how Turmes became involved in local community politics, later going on to become an MEP, is more positive and engaging, but as a whole it's rather dry stuff.
This was a random selection from the work book sale. There have been quite a few good news stories about renewable energy in Europe in recent years, and I hoped this might document some of them. Unfortunately, at least the first half is instead mostly a polemic against the industries that produce fossil fuel and nuclear energy, which may be deserved but is not an enjoyable read, and is unlikely to win anyone over who is not already convinced of the need to prioritise renewable energy sources. This is a shame, because the second half does formulate some interesting and feasible policies for a more concerted adoption of renewable energy, in particular for micro-generation and prosumers, there are some sections where the good news is covered, and the brief description about how Turmes became involved in local community politics, later going on to become an MEP, is more positive and engaging, but as a whole it's rather dry stuff.