(DOWNLOAD) "Future Drive" by Daniel Sperling ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Future Drive
- Author : Daniel Sperling
- Release Date : January 22, 2013
- Genre: Nature,Books,Science & Nature,Nonfiction,Transportation,Professional & Technical,Engineering,Environmental Engineering,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 4922 KB
Description
In Future Drive, Daniel Sperling addresses the adverse energy and environmental consequences of increased travel, and analyzes current initiatives to suggest strategies for creating a more environmentally benign system of transportation. Groundbreaking proposals are constructed around the idea of electric propulsion as the key to a sustainable transportation and energy system. Other essential elements include the ideas that:
improving technology holds more promise than large-scale behavior modification
technology initiatives must be matched with regulatory and policy initiatives
government intervention should be flexible and incentive-based, but should also embrace selective technology-forcing measures
more diversity and experimentation is needed with regard to vehicles and energy technologies
Sperling evaluates past and current attempts to influence drivers and vehicle use, and articulates a clear and compelling vision of the future. He formulates a coherent and specific set of principles, strategies, and policies for redirecting the United States and other countries onto a new sustainable pathway.