Thom reviewed Renewable by Jeremy Shere
Review of 'Renewable' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Well written overview of renewable energy options, broken into sections per type. Each seems to go through the same cycle - history and initial inventions, excitement, then a bust (either from problems, politics, or the price drop in oil during the mid 80s), and finally a resurgence. For example, the infamous White House solar panels get a mention in the solar chapters.
As a survey, this book provides good information, with a bibliography allowing the reader to delve deeper into a particular method. Global warming and the oft-predicted peak oil crash take a back seat in this book that doesn't advocate any particular method but paint these solutions as a likely future.
The only minor downside is some repetition of text, probably so the sections could be read in any order. The most interesting section for me was geothermal, and I enjoyed this book quite a lot.