Social Barriers to Renewable Energy Landscapes

Social Barriers to Renewable Energy Landscapes

Pasqualetti, Martin J.
Geographical Review 101, no. 2 (2011): 201–23
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1931-0846.2011.00087.x

“We are addicted to electricity. To most of us it is indispensable; it powers almost everything we need and like. Those of us with access see its continuous supply as essential to a lifestyle we would like to maintain. Those with little or no access see its greater availability as a way out of a lifestyle we would like to improve. But there is a problem. As demand increases, so too do the varied penalties the environment has to absorb in order to produce it. Flooded canyons, radioactive waste, lost mountaintops, and global warming are just a few of the better-known costs.”

— Martin J. Pasqualetti