This is an Online Internet Book Club on Renewable Energy Policy by Paul Komor. Discuss this book, share your thoughts, make comments, ask questions, offer responses...
Description
Renewable energy is the key to the future of humankind. Wind power, solar (photovoltaic) energy, geothermal power, and other forms of renewables can help solve our most pressing environmental problems, including global climate change. But how do we move these promising technologies out of the laboratory and into widespread use? Renewable Energy Policy shows what public policy can—and cannot—do to help tap renewables' promise.
Renewable Energy Policy takes a pragmatic, nuts-and-bolts look at the myriad government efforts to promote renewables, and reports back on what works, what doesn't, and why. In clear, jargon-free language, Renewable Energy Policy shows how and why some policies have achieved impressive results, and others have failed. Skillfully interweaving technology, economics, and politics, Paul Komor reveals how the best of policy ideas often end up with unintended results.
If you want to know how much wind power really costs (Chapter 2), why Germany's renewables laws are "crude but effective" (Chapter 8), or the three reasons why the UK's green energy market is a flop (Chapter 4), then you need to read Renewable Energy Policy.
"Mr. Komor's writing style is both clear and engaging. This book works well as a primer for any energy analyst not already deeply involved in renewable energy policy matters or as a textbook for college courses on energy policy or renewable energy economics."
Blair G. Swezey, Principal Policy Advisor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.
Book Club Questions for Renewable Energy Policy (Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Renewable Energy Policy (Fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Renewable Energy Policy:
- Did Paul Komor emphasize any specific themes throughout Renewable Energy Policy? What do you think Paul Komor is trying to explain with this theme?
- What was unique about the setting of Renewable Energy Policy and how did it affect the storyline?
- Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
- How do characters change or learn throughout Renewable Energy Policy? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
- How does Renewable Energy Policy reveal Paul Komor's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Paul Komor is liberal or conservative.
- Did certain parts of Renewable Energy Policy affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
- Did Paul Komor's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?
Book Club Questions for Renewable Energy Policy (for Non-Fiction)
Suggested Book Club Questions for Renewable Energy Policy (Non-fiction)
The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on Renewable Energy Policy:
- Did Paul Komor make persuasive arguments in Renewable Energy Policy? Did Renewable Energy Policy change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
- What did you learn from Renewable Energy Policy?
- How does Paul Komor present the information and did you enjoy it?
- How is Paul Komor biased within Renewable Energy Policy? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
- What, if anything, does Renewable Energy Policy make you want to read next? Why?
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