[ The Solar Economy: Renewable Energy For A Sustainable Global Future ] By Scheer, Hermann (Author) [ May - 2004 ] [ Paperback ] Paperback – 16 May 2004

A fascinating book about not only how we can power our societies using 100% renewable energies,but why we must.This book is incredibly well thought out and researched,it's heavy going at times because of such in- depth analysis,but very thought provoking none the less.The book describes the absolute impossibility of a sustainable future based on fossil fuels(the inevitable decay of "fossil city").In our future where resource wars are almost unavoidable,this book shines as a beacon of hope,progress and plain scientific commen sense.A book that one hopes our leaders and politicians will read,but you always doubt they will!Hermann Scheer is a German member of parliament and with his kind of vision its not hard to see why Germany is streets ahead when it comes to renewable technologies.Highly recommended!Gordan take note!

I wish I had read this book in 2008 before I launched my Renewable Energy business. I would have done things very differently. There are so many things going on that one needs to know about. Some examples include: governments produce strategy "white papers" which give policy direction, sometimes including renewable energy, but the energy monopolies in some countries put so much legislation and red-tape in the way that the policy cannot be implemented. This has happened in South Africa and Italy, for example. Governments and business do "green washing" ie saying one thing whilst doing another. It is essential to see progress on the ground before actioning business plans. This doesn't mean that social campaigns can't take place. Hermann Scheer points out the "myth of the fossilised fuel industry" and how one can overcome it.

Das Buch hat mich sehr gefallen, besonders das vergangenheit und zukünftige Blick aufs die Wirchaftlichkeit der Sonnenenergie. Ich würde jeder interessanter das Buch empfehlen.

The world WILL transition to a global solar economy and Sheer will be one of the primary architects. We see his vision has already taken root in Germany. This is very heady, very forward thinking. It's rather like the Bible in one respect: it tells you point blank what to do but it's so deep and so profound you have to read it over and over to get the full meaning. I'm on my second reading of the book. There's paragraphs I've read 10 times. Sheer is a genius. I wish I were too then I could master it quicker and start to help build the solar economy.John Patterson "Mr. Sun" and author of "FOOTPRINT: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Extinction"

This book passed its way through the family from one home to the next. Everyone took a look at it. Would recommend it as a great conversation starter (especially with awkward family gatherings).

Wish Hermann was still alive. Start a FiT in your town today! Read The Energy Imperative after this one. Economic Genius!