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Energy Fables
Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector
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This collection is an engaging and thought-provoking resource for those interested in the complexities of energy demand, politics and policy-making.
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Ideal for students, researchers and policy-makers engaged in energy demand, climate policy, and sustainable energy studies.
This book takes a fresh look at key terms and concepts around which energy research and policy are organised. Drawing on recent research in energy and transport studies, and combining this with concepts from sociology, economics, social theory and technology studies, the chapters review and challenge different aspects of received wisdom.
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Energy Fables: Challenging Ideas in the Energy Sector takes a fresh look at key terms and concepts around which energy research and policy are organised.
Drawing on recent research in energy and transport studies, and combining this with concepts from sociology, economics, social theory, and technology studies, the chapters in this collection review and challenge different aspects of received wisdom. Brief but critical introductions to classic notions like those of ‘energy efficiency’, ‘elasticity’, ‘energy services’, and the ‘energy trilemma’, together with discussions and analyses of well-worn phrases about ‘low hanging fruit’ and ‘keeping the lights on’, articulate aspects of the energy debate that are often taken for granted. In re-working these established themes and adding twists to familiar tales, the authors develop a repertoire of new ideas about the fundamentals of energy demand and carbon reduction.
This book presents a valuable and thought-provoking resource for students, researchers, and policy-makers interested in energy demand, politics, and policy.
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Jim Skea, Professor of Sustainable Energy at Imperial College London, praises the book for helping people understand the stories that shape the complex field of energy demand.
Kris De Decker of Low-tech Magazine considers it essential reading for policy makers, highlighting its emphasis on the importance of energy demand over mere promotion of efficiency and renewables.
Nick Eyre, Director at the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions, describes the book as a challenging and thought-provoking departure from conventional thinking, emphasising the social construction of energy demand.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780367027759
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 21 May 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Illustration: 13 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Contributors:
- Edited by Elizabeth Shove
- Edited by Jenny Rinkinen
- Edited by Jacopo Torriti
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
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Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 276g
Pages: 130
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About the Author
Jenny Rinkinen is a Researcher in the Centre for Consumer Society Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Elizabeth Shove is a Professor in the Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK, and was PI of the DEMAND Research Center. She is the author/editor of numerous titles, including The Nexus of Practices: Connections, Constellations, Practitioners (Routledge, 2017, with Allison Hui and Theodore Schatzki) and Sustainable Practices: Social Theory and Climate Change (Routledge, 2013, with Nicola Spurling).
Jacopo Torriti is Professor of Energy Economics and Policy in the School of the Built Environment, University of Reading, UK, and author of Peak Energy Demand and Demand Side Response (Routledge, 2016).
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