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Who Owns the Sun?: People, Politics, and the Struggle for a Solar Economy
Who Owns the Sun People Politics and the Struggle for a Solar Economy Author:Daniel M. Berman, John T. O'Connor In Who Owns the Sun? Daniel Berman and John O'Connor argue that democratic control of solar energy is the key to revitalizing America -- putting power back into the hands of local people. A decentralized solar economy will bring thousands of new jobs to local communities that would no longer be exporting millions of energy dollars every year... more » to transnational corporations and oil cartels.
In an era when the rules of the energy game are changing -- as legislatures and public utility commissions experiment with "retail wheeling" and other forms of deregulation -- citizens need to create new ways to govern energy to avoid becoming sharecroppers of the sun that rightfully belongs to everyone.« less