Grimston, Malcolm C.,

The paralysis in energy decision making : European energy policy in crisis / Malcolm Grimston. - v, 454 pages : charts (some colour)

Introduction : the fatal sclerosis in energy decision-making -- Fossil fuels -- Nuclear energy -- Renewables -- Energy efficiency -- Energiewende -- Japan : a worked example of medium-term power capacity storage -- The liberalisation of power markets and its effect on investment -- Climate change -- Politics and energy : the tripartite relationship among the technical, political and public realms in the age of inertia -- Public perceptions and the strange case of radiation -- Conclusions : unblock the arteries or wait for thrombosis?

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Energy policy--Decision making.--Europe
Energy policy--Decision making.--Great Britain

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