
Getting to Zero
Australia's Energy Transition: Quarterly Essay 81
Alan Finkel(Author)
Quarterly Essay (Publisher)
81st Edition
Published on 22. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-76064-290-7 (ISBN)
Description
An essential guide to how Australia can tackle the climate crisis
The world is overheating, and despite good intentions and significant efforts, emissions increase nearly every year. The challenge is immense, but there are solutions.
In this lucid, inspiring essay, Alan Finkel maps Australia's path forward. He explains the solar and wind revolution, and addresses the challenge of intermittent supply. He introduces hydrogen, the energy hope of the future. He traces the rise and rise of the electric car. He shows how we can build a zero-emissions world.
Taking into account economics, science and emotions, Getting to Zero is an essential guide to how Australia can tackle the climate crisis with realism and ingenuity.
"Change is in the air. I sense we will live through a technological revolution this decade as exciting as the conquest of space in the 1960s. If Australia handles the challenge well, we can build an economy that takes advantage of the transition. If we cling to the past, we will miss opportunities that the rest of the world will seize."-Alan Finkel, Getting to Zero
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Edition
81st edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
Black Inc.
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-76064-290-7 (9781760642907)
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Alan Finkel was Australia's chief scientist from 2016 to 2020 and special adviser to the Australian government on low-emissions technologies in 2021 and 2022. He is a neuroscientist, engineer and entrepreneur. He led the 2017 National Electricity Market Review and the 2019 development of the National Hydrogen Strategy and chaired the 2020 panel developing the Low Emissions Technology Roadmap. He is the author of the Quarterly Essay Getting to Zero: Australia's Energy Transition.