Brief Periods of Sunshine
A History of the Canadian Government’s Attempt to Build a Solar Heating Industry, 1974-1983
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 14819490 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Henry Trim (University of British Columbia, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2013 |
| Volumen | 34 |
| Número | 2 |
| Páginas | 29-49 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2013-02-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Scientia Canadensis Canadian Journal of the History of Science Technology and Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0829-2507 • E-ISSN: 1918-7750 |
| Editorial | University of Alberta Libraries (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7202/1014346ar |
| OpenAlex | W2102547396 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 3 |
| Referencias citadas | 4 |
In the 1970s a worldwide energy crisis wracked Canada. Searching for ways to provide energy for Canada’s future, the Canadian government encouraged the development of a new technology: solar heating. The political and economic needs of the Trudeau government and Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources dominated the Canadian solar heating industry from its inception in 1978 until its demise in 1983. Partisan politics, however, were not the only important influence on solar energy in Canada. Technologies of simulation and prediction, as well as the Canadian government’s adherence to the ideology of objectivity, also shaped the history of solar heating in Canada. By analyzing the role of simulation, “objectivity,” and political power in the rise and fall of the solar industry, this essay hopes to illuminate the importance of government in the Canadian history of technology and begin to provide a history of Canadian solar technology and industry
Demise · Electrical engineering · Ideology · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solar energy · Solar Power · Canadian Identity and History · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Research, Science, and Academia
| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,25 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2014 - 2021 (8) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 1 |