{"product_id":"who-owns-the-wind-by-david-mcdermott-hughes-9781839761133","title":"Who Owns the Wind?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe energy transition has begun. To succeed – to replace fossil fuels with wind and solar power – that process must be fair. Otherwise, mounting popular protest against wind farms will prolong carbon pollution and deepen the climate crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Hughes examines that anti-industrial, anti-corporate resistance, drawing insights from a Spanish village surrounded by turbines. In the lives of these neighbours – freighted with centuries of exploitation – clean power and social justice fit together only awkwardly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProposals for a green economy, the Green New Deal, or Europe’s Green Deal require more effort. We must rethink aesthetics, livelihood, property, and, most essentially, the private nature of wind resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, the energy transition will be public and just, or it may not be at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho Owns the Wind?\u003c\/em\u003e challenges us to consider the complexities at the intersection of clean energy and social equity, pointing towards a future where these elements can either reconcile or remain in conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46852690280684,"sku":"9781839761133","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7460511ff4bb9055013698080549d1b9.jpg?v=1759168183","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/who-owns-the-wind-by-david-mcdermott-hughes-9781839761133","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}