"This book is written for the non-technical reader who has an interest in acquiring a better understanding of energy and its impact on climate change. It provides some much needed background on energy sources and their limitations and describes the links between energy and climate change. It discusses various energy based solutions to climate change and considers the financial consequences of these solutions for both the economy and the energy consumer. It provides the reader with a clear understanding of commonly used (but often not clearly explained) terms like 'renewable energy', 'baseload power', 'peak oil', 'biofuels', 'global warming', 'greenhouse gas emissions', 'energy security', 'emissions trading', 'carbon taxes' and 'carbon offsets.' It offers practical solutions to ways that the energy consumer can save energy in the home, workplace and on the road." "The book discusses the impact of energy changes on both the developed and the developing world and the need to have solutions that will be widely accepted. It considers some of the related political and economic issues that surround the debate such as emissions trading, emissions taxing, offset schemes, incentives and regulations with a description and comparison of each. It discusses what the energy mix might look like over the next few decades and what would be needed before we can have an all renewable energy future. It also looks at the thorny issue of nuclear power and its place in the total equation."--Jacket.