Revolution
A Short Sharp History of Scottish Wind Power - And Where it Goes From Here
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About the Book:
Consider a world in which the kettle goes on, the phone is 100 per cent, the ev car is charged, the hospital lights are shining, heavy industry is supplied with electricity. All for essentially zero fuel cost, with nothing going into the front end of the pipe: no coal, no gas, no oil, no uranium. And nothing out the back end either: no particulates, no carbon, no nuclear waste.
Any discussion should take place within the vision of what the wind sector at its core represents: the provision of electricity with a minimal carbon footprint, at the lowest possible cost, as part of a system designed to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the electricity produced.
And the discussion needs to happen now.
Having written for a decade and a half on the renewable energy revolution, Todd Westbrook here provides a view of Scottish wind power of the past, the present and the future and its potential to revolutionise power production across the world. Revolution takes readers on a fascinating journey from the industry’s origins in the 1950s to contemporary developments, at the same time providing insight from industry experts and dispelling some of the common myths and misconceptions associated with wind power. In this climate emergency, we must do anything we can to lessen our environmental impact.
This is an accessible, inspirational guide to how Scotland can and must achieve change.
Reviews:
We are so far beyond arguments about whether or not people like wind. Do people like having a washing machine, do they like driving a car? That's the way they need to start thinking about it. Those are the sort of choices you have to make in a war, and climate is now a war. ALEC FINLAY, Artist and Poet
About the Author:
TODD WESTBROOK graduated from the University of Vermont in 1987 and the University of Strathclyde in 1993. He is an experienced writer, editor and reporter with more than a million words published to date. He has lived in Scotland for many years. This is Todd's first book.