Green Deal: Strašák, nebo jedinečná šance? – Rifkin Jeremy (2021)

He predicted the onset of the third industrial revolution based on new information and communication technologies. He defined the significance of nanotechnology well in advance. Now, the influential American economist and visionary Jeremy Rifkin demonstrates the inevitability of decarbonization, decentralization in energy, and the emergence of new environmentally friendly economic systems. The Green Deal is essential reading for anyone who sees an exceptional opportunity in the Green Deal for Europe, as well as a 'dead horse,' as the former Czech Minister of the Environment recently expressed... Rifkin illustrates the necessity of transforming economic systems that have so far relied on fossil fuels with a number of concrete examples. He also briefly mentions the issue that all of Europe must urgently address: cutting dependence on Russian gas and oil. And although this will likely mean a slowdown in the decarbonization process (including maintaining the operation of coal-fired power plants), the need for alternative, renewable energy sources is emerging more intensely than ever before. In his new title, Rifkin presents options for addressing climate change through the transformation of the global (and local) economy. Its individual sectors can transition from fossil fuels to sustainable solar and wind energy...