Energy : Science, Policy, and the Pursuit of Sustainability

life-support systemsthe psychological, social, and cultural factors that determine how we use energythe role of government actions in adjusting costs, influencing resource consumption, and protecting the environmenthow markets work, and the reasons and cures for market failures in responding to long-term environmental and energy problemsEnergy links energy use with key environmental issues of population, consumption, and pollution and offers readers a range of material needed for an informed policy perspective. [Publisher's text]