Global Energy Innovation: Why America Must Lead

The world is entering the Third Industrial Revolution an era of remarkable progress in science and technology that will require a global shift away from reliance on fossil-fuel and carbon-based energy. This book explains how America can lead the effort to reverse global warming and become the world leader in global energy innovation.America is trailing other parts of the developed world in terms of its development of―and commitment to―renewable energy. In Europe and Asia sustainable communities smart green grids and emerging environmentally sound technologies are becoming common. The United States must move beyond the lethargy and defeatism of the 9/11 era rediscover its ability to lead in technological inventiveness and revitalize its economy via the creation of green jobs and sustainable carbon-neutral communities. Because the lives of Americas children and grandchildren are at stake America must act quickly.Global Energy Innovation: Why America Must Lead explains why the emerging Third Industrial Revolution will become the largest social and economic megatrend of the post-modern era. With its comprehensive up-to-date examination of renewable energy systems and related green technologies this book represents a call-to-action that will benefit any reader regardless of their status as a lay person scholar or scientist.Describes numerous examples of Europe and Asias emerging activities in the Third Industrial Revolution as well as the EU and Asias historical and current activities in climate change mitigation renewable energy technologies and economic models to promote the green revolutionCovers new technologies across the globe ranging from single-hut solar energy generation for African villages to industrial-scale wind farms in MongoliaIncludes materials from the United Nations and information from scientific studies on climate change global population growth and environmental degradationOffers directions for the creation of successful public policies and sustainability strategies on a community level from colleges and universities to towns and citiesDetails the benefits that the United States could enjoy in this new era of energy innovation