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September 2006
6x9, 254 pp., 21 illus.
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0-262-02604-X
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978-0-262-02604-8

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Solar Revolution
The Economic Transformation of the Global Energy Industry
Travis Bradford

Preface: The Future of Energy
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Acknowledgments
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I.The Inevitability of Solar Energy1
1.A New Path on the Horizon
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II.Past to the Present21
2.A Brief History of Energy23
3.An Unsustainable Status Quo45
4.The Field of Alternatives67
5.Solar Energy89
III.Future Transformations113
6.Modern Electric Utility Economics115
7.The Emergence of Distributed Economics135
8.Solar Electricity in the Real World153
IV.A Promising Destination169
9.Tools for Acceleration171
10.Facing the Inevitable185
Appendix: Energy and Electricity Measurements199
Notes201
Suggested Readings221
Credits223
Index
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