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The Paralysis in Energy Decision Making
Malcolm Grimston
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Description for The Paralysis in Energy Decision Making
Paperback. A comprehensive multi-disciplinary survey of decision-making in the energy field, especially electricity in the UK and western Europe. Explores the reasons for the paralysis in decision-making, contrasting it with past periods of rapid change and growth such as the deployment of nuclear power in the 1970s and '80s. Num Pages: 496 pages, 121 b/w and 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: KNB; TH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
This book surveys decision-making inthe energy field, especially electricity in the UK and Western Europe, andprovides a critique of the various claims that are made for different ways ofapproaching the critical need for vast amounts of new investment. It explores reasons for the paralysis indecision-making, which is contrasted with past periods of rapid change,including the growth of electricity and renewables in the late 19th century,the development of centralised grids in the 1920s and 1930s and the rapiddeployment of nuclear power in the 1970s and 1980s. It briefly reviews the history of each major fuel then considers thereasons for ... Read more
This book surveys decision-making inthe energy field, especially electricity in the UK and Western Europe, andprovides a critique of the various claims that are made for different ways ofapproaching the critical need for vast amounts of new investment. It explores reasons for the paralysis indecision-making, which is contrasted with past periods of rapid change,including the growth of electricity and renewables in the late 19th century,the development of centralised grids in the 1920s and 1930s and the rapiddeployment of nuclear power in the 1970s and 1980s. It briefly reviews the history of each major fuel then considers thereasons for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Whittles Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1116g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Caithness, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849951678
SKU
V9781849951678
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Malcolm Grimston
He has had numerous reports and papers published and is the co-author of Nuclear Energy: Fuel of the Future or Relic of the Past and Double or Quits, the Global Future of Civil Nuclear Energy
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