Public Purpose Or Private Benefit?: The Politics of Energy Conservation

Public Purpose Or Private Benefit?: The Politics of Energy Conservation
ISBN-10
0719050251
ISBN-13
9780719050251
Category
Nature
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Author
Gill Owen

Description

Emphasizing their evolution between the oil embargo of the 1970s and the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, examines energy conservation policies in Denmark, the Netherlands, Britain, the US, Australia, and Japan. Analyzes the role of governments through incentives, regulation, and energy pricing, and the influence of electricity and gas companies whose main interest is selling more energy. Finds a significant new focus on energy efficiency and its private benefits to consumers. Distributed in the US by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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