An edition of Power hungry
(2010)
Power hungry
the myths of "green" energy and the real fuels of the future
by Robert Bryce
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Power hungry: the myths of "green" energy and the real fuels of the future
2010, PublicAffairs
in English
1586487892 9781586487898
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Table of Contents
Power tripping 101
Happy talk
Watt's the big deal? (Power tripping 102)
Wood to coal to oil : the slow pace of energy transitions
Coal hard facts
If oil didn't exist, we'd have to invent it
Twenty-seven Saudi Arabias per day
Myth : wind and solar are "green"
Myth : wind power reduces CO[subscript]2 emissions
Myth : Denmark provides an energy model for the United States
Myth : T. Boone Pickens has a plan (or a clue)
Myth : wind power reduces the need for natural gas
Myth : going "green" will reduce imports of strategic commodities and create "green" jobs
Myth : the United States lags in energy efficiency
Myth : the United States can cut CO[subscript]2 emissions by 80 percent by 2050, and carbon capture and sequestration can help achieve that goal
Myth : taxing carbon dioxide will work
Myth : oil is dirty
Myth : cellulosic ethanol can scale up and cut U.S. oil imports
Myth : electric cars are the next big thing
Myth : we can replace coal with wood
Why N2N? and why now? (the megatrends favoring natural gas and nuclear)
A very short history of American natural gas and regulatory stupidity
It's a gas, gas, gas : welcome to the "gas factory"
America's secret google
Gas pains
Nuclear goes beyond green
A smashing idea for nuclear waste
Future nukes
Rethinking "green" and a few other suggestions
Toward cheap, abundant energy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| December 27, 2014 | Edited by Bryan Tyson | Added new cover |
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