A legislative model to regulate solar technology
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Cannon, Gerald William
issued: 2010-03-06T00:03:49Z
issued: 1979
related degree: Master of Arts in Planning - MA (Plan)
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This thesis develops and discusses a strategic model to regulate the solar technology industry, based upon the following arguments: 1) that solar technology will be a major source of energy in the future, 2) that the nature of the solar industry warrants it being regulated, 3) that existing energy legislation is not suitable to be extended to the solar technology industry, and 4) that a strategic model gleaned from the radio and television legislation can be adapted to regulate the hypothesized solar technology industry. The amount of solar energy reaching the earth is massive. The only thing stopping it from being a ready source of supply is the conversion efficiencies of the devices needed to make it usable. As the economic and technical characteristics of the solar industry improve, it becomes more competitive with other sources. It is highly likely that these characteristics will improve to the point that solar technology will be one of the largest energy industries by the next century. The solar technology industry is highly centralized. Major multinational corporations are very active in increasing their economic strength in this industry. Because Canada will probably face a market controlled by foreign multinational corporations importing goods into this country, any national involvement can only come via regulatory legislation. National involvement will be needed because energy is fast becoming a major political issue. Thus, it is likely that for reasons of political sovereignty, Canada will have to regulate the solar technology industry. The existing legislation is not suitable to do this for two reasons. The first is that although some of the legislation at a general level conceptually includes solar technology, none of it includes it in a comprehensive manner. The second is that the legislation for the energy sector is organized on an industry by industry basis. To structure legislation to cover this new industry, entirely new acts are needed which will f…
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/21588
note: LEGISLATIVE MODEL TO REGULATE SOLAR TECHNOLOGY by. GERALD WILLIAM CANNON B.A., The University of B r i t i s h Columbia, 1970 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS i n THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES School of Community and Regional Planning We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA November 1979 (t) Gerald William Cannon, 1979 In presenting th i s thes is in par t i a l fu l f i lment of the requirements for an advanced degree at the Univers i ty of B r i t i s h Columbia, I agree that the L ibrary sha l l make it f ree ly ava i lab le for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensive copying of th i s thes is for scho lar ly purposes may be granted by the Head of my Department or by his representat ives. It is understood that copying or pub l i ca t ion of this thes is f o r f inanc ia l gain sha l l not be allowed without my written permission. Department of Community and Regional Planning The Univers i ty of B r i t i s h Columbia 2075 Wesbrook Place Vancouver, Canada V6T 1W5 Date October 15, 1979 ABSTRACT This thesis develops and discusses a strategic model to regulate the solar technology industry, based upon the follow-ing arguments: 1) that solar technology w i l l be a major source of energy in the future, 2) that the nature of the solar industry warrants i t being regulated, • 3) that existing energy l e g i s l a t i o n is not suitable to be extended to the solar technology industry, and 4) that a strategic model gleaned from the radio and t e l e -v i s i o n l e g i s l a t i o n can be adapted to regulate the hypothesized solar technology industry. The amount of solar energy reaching the earth i s massive. The only thing stopping i t from being a ready source of supply is the conversion e f f i c i e n c i e s of the devices needed to make i t usable. As the economic and technical c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of the solar…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0094650
language: eng
degree discipline: Planning
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/21588