Energy Efficiency Policies

ISBN-13: 9780415086974 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 112 str.

Victor Anderson; V. Anderson;Anderson Victor

Opis

It is generally assumed, in economics and politics, that the atmosphere is free. However, the greenhouse effect and global warming have shown this to be a false assumption and the need for active policies to promote preservation of this finite resource are becoming ever more urgent. In Energy Efficient Policies, Victor Anderson argues for alternative policies to promote energy efficiency in response to the changing composition of the atmosphere and global warming. As the industralized West consumes half the world's energy, despite accounting for only one-sixth of the global population, the study focuses on energy policies in the OECD. The argument centres on the need to end the greenhouse effect by making the transition from a carbon economy to one based on renewable resources. This in turn raises the case for the introduction of the controversial progressive carbon tax. However, energy efficient policies, may at least in the short term, be expensive to implement. The author illustrates some of these economic difficulties by use of case-studies, including the government's attempt to promote energy efficiency in the UK.

Recenzje

`This book deserves to be widely read - not just by students, researchers, planners and the public at large, but also by policy-makers in Whitehall and Brussels.' - Town and Country Planning

`This book makes a vital contribution to the subject of energy efficiency.' - Labour Research

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Carbon Crisis 2. The Price of Air 3. Arguments and Trends 4. Twenty Reasons For Energy Inefficiency 5. Politics For Energy Efficiency 6. U.K. Policies 7. Least Cost Planning 8. Policy Conclusions Appendices: 1. Global Warming and Cost-benefit Analysis 2. The New Economics Foundation 3. Bibliography Notes and References Index

O autorze

Victor Anderson