Energy and Economic Growth

Energy and Economic Growth

Why we need a new pathway to prosperity

Foxon, Timothy J.

Taylor & Francis Ltd

10/2017

188

Dura

Inglês

9781138669284

15 a 20 dias

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Part I: Key issues 1. Introduction - Challenges of climate change and economic growth. 2. What is energy and why is it important for the economy? 3. Assessing the role of energy in long-term industrial change. Part II: Long waves of energy-industrial change 4. Pre-industrial energy systems. 5. The first industrial revolution - water and steam power. 6. Electrification and the rise of oil. 7. Rise of the consumer society. Part III: Implications for economic development 8. Energy and economic growth - a positive feedback system. 9. Insights for a low carbon energy transformation. Part IV: Future challenges 10. Future energy pathways and issues. 11. Economic growth and beyond. 12. Can we rise to the challenge?