California energy futures: Two alternative societal scenarios and their energy implications

Carlson, R.W.; Everett, Sidney J.; Harman, Willis W.; Krause, Klaus W.; Levy, S.; Mendel, Thomas F.; Meagher, P.C.; Rosener, Lynn; Schwartz, Peter J.; Thomas, Thomas C.

doi:10.1016/0040-1625(80)90094-3

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“…A major departure from the dominant paradigm is contained in SRI's California Energy Futures: Two Alternatives, Societal Scenarios and Their Energy Implications (Carlson et al, 1980). This study begins with the assumption that two different societal futures are open to Californians depending on the value and lifestyle choices they make.…”

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Energy and social change: An historian's perspective

Frankel

1981

Policy Sci

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The dominant model for analyzing the relationship between energy and social change, the "technology assessment" model, is criticized for being technologically deterministic, over-ambitious and insensitive to the political and social context of technology development. Three "lessons from history" are offered:(1) A multipficity of disciplines, world views and explanatory factors are required to fully understand the relationship between technology and social change.(2) The lack of historical understanding and explicative theory in this field call for modesty in attempts to quantify and predict social impacts.(3) More emphasis should be placed on developing an understanding of the process by which technology is developed and diffused through society.

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Energy and social change: An historian's perspective

Frankel

1981

Policy Sci

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“…During the energy crises of the 1970s-the florescence of many small-scale renewable technologies-there was considerable attention paid to behaviors and "energy frugality lifestyles" (Leonard-Barton 1981). Many analysts in academia and government suggested that the only way to solve the energy crisis back in the 1970s was to change social norms, practices, and expectations (e.g., De Young 1993;Mitchell and MacNulty 1981;Carlson et al 1980).…”

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Solar city, bike city, growth city: governance and energy in Davis, California

Weil

2013

Journal of Political Ecology

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The path home takes us past the best any community can offer: beautiful, well-loved, energyefficient solar houses; community vineyards, orchards, and vegetable gardens; waterconserving landscapes; children playing away from traffic; birds singing and nesting; neighbors talking to one another. Even the village dogs seem to know how good they've got it and seldom fight (Thayer 2000:xii).After 35 years in Davis…we have decided to move to a community which is closer to what Davis was when we arrived. We rarely recognize familiar faces on the street any more. Unless we do something, the bicycle will lose to the car. The slow growth initiatives supported by voters have proven to be fruitless against the pressures of profit (Springer 1998).

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