{"product_id":"chasing-the-wind-inside-the-alternative-energy-battle-paperback","title":"Chasing the Wind: Inside the Alternative Energy Battle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRody Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past few decades, the vexing problems of climate change and finite resources have ignited contentious global debates about alternative energy technologies. In this lucid, balanced book, Rody Johnson investigates the development and deployment of one such technology--wind power--and, in particular, the ways in which a heated battle over that energy source played out in an Appalachian community. \u003cbr\u003e Johnson's wide-ranging account examines the history of wind power; its capacity and output in comparison to such sources as fossil fuels, other renewables, and nuclear energy; the infrastructural challenges of transmitting electricity from wind farms to end users; global efforts to curb carbon emissions, including the Kyoto treaty; the role of public policy, government subsidies, and tax breaks; and the differences and similarities between wind power regimes in the United States and Europe. \u003cbr\u003e Interwoven throughout this discussion is the compelling narrative of how, beginning in 2005, the proposed construction of a wind farm along mountain ridges in Greenbrier \u003cbr\u003e County, West Virginia, pitted locals against each other--a story that puts a human face on the arguments about wind power's promise of clean, renewable energy and its potentially negative effects, including bird and bat kills, a disfigured natural landscape, and noise pollution. Drawing on countless hours he spent attending public meetings and interviewing those on both sides of the issue, Johnson not only pictures the Greenbrier County struggle in illuminating detail but also makes valuable comparisons between it and similarly pitched battles in another West Virginia county, where a wind farm had already been built, and in Florida, where plans to erect beachside wind turbines next to a nuclear plant faltered. \u003cbr\u003e Concluding with a thoughtful, realistic assessment of a 2012 study suggesting that the country has the capability of receiving 80 percent of its electrical generation from \u003cbr\u003e renewables by 2050, \u003ci\u003eChasing the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e makes a vital contribution to the ongoing dialogue regarding America's energy challenges and what is likely required to meet them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRody Johnson is a freelance writer and a retired aerospace engineer with residences in Vero Beach, Florida, and Lewisburg, West Virginia. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDifferent Battles: The Search for a World War II Hero\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Their Footsteps: Explorers, Warriors, Capitalists, and Politicians of West Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Dodgertown: 60 Years of Baseball in Vero Beach.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 175\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8.99 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310707531855,"sku":"9781621900290","price":39.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/4yRElZI8A99781621900290.webp?v=1779825676","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/chasing-the-wind-inside-the-alternative-energy-battle-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}