9780806141923-0806141921-Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today

Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today

ISBN-13: 9780806141923
ISBN-10: 0806141921
Edition: First Edition
Author: Robert W. Righter
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780806141923
ISBN-10: 0806141921
Edition: First Edition
Author: Robert W. Righter
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Paperback 232 pages

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Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today (ISBN-13: 9780806141923 and ISBN-10: 0806141921), written by authors Robert W. Righter, was published by University of Oklahoma Press in 2011. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.4.

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Not long ago, energy experts dismissed wind power as unreliable and capricious. Not anymore. The industry has arrived, and the spinning blades of this new kid on the electric power block offer hope for a partial solution to our energy problems by converting nature’s energy into electricity without exposing our planet and its inhabitants to the dangers of heat, pollution, toxicity, or depletion of irreplaceable natural resources. Windfall tells the story of this extraordinary transformation and examines the arguments both for and against wind generation.

In Windfall, Robert W. Righter explains how wind is transformed into energy and examines the land-use decisions that affect the establishment of new wind farms. The book also discusses the role of tax credits and other government subsidies in the creation of transmission systems between the turbines and end users in cities.

Currently the world’s fastest-growing source of energy, wind generation has also given rise to backlash. A critical advocate of wind energy whose career as a historian has focused on environmental controversies, Righter addresses the cultural dimensions of resistance to wind energy and makes considered predictions about the directions wind energy may take. His sympathetic treatment of opposing arguments regarding landscape change, unwanted noise, bird deaths, and human medical implications are thought-provoking, as is his recommendation that we place the lion’s share of turbines on the Great Plains.

Most books on wind energy are technical manuals. Righter’s book does not shy away from scientific explanations, but he does not write for engineers. His broad, historically informed vision will appeal to policy makers at the federal, state, and local levels and to anyone interested in a technology increasingly significant to supplying America’s energy needs.

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