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Kick the fossil fuel habit : 10 clean technologies to save our world / by Rand, Tom,1967-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In this book the author and engineer, Cleantech authority, venture capitalist, pragmatic entrepreneur and philosopher, doesn't provide a 3 easy steps approach to fixing our dependence on fossil fuels. But he does show it's possible to do without them. By giving an in depth look at 10 technologies that together can bring a clean future, free of fossil fuels, he provides education and hope. This is a clarion call, a directive that we act quickly and collectively (governments, corporations and individuals) to provide future generations the opportunity to live in a sustainable world. Unique in being accessible to the general public, his message is not just important, but understandable and entertaining. His personal views and anecdotes are combined with a hard-headed engineering and business perspective. Beautiful photographs bring the text to life. It is this generation's job to save the world we know for the next. This book shows us how.Solar -- Wind -- Geothermal -- Biofuels -- Hydropower -- Ocean -- Smart buildings -- Transportation -- Efficiency and conservation -- The energy Internet.Clean technology essays. A new economics : a price on carbon -- Climate science : the basics ; the complex stuff ; the bad stuff -- Cheap money : enter the green bond -- Hydrogen : an energy vector -- Nuclear : fission and fusion -- Carbon sequestration : burn it and bury it -- The end of easy oil : saving for the future -- Postscript : the world in 2050.
Subjects: Renewable energy sources.; Clean energy industries.; Green technology.; Energy development.;
© c2010., Eco Ten Pub.,
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The power surge : energy, opportunity, and the battle for America's future / by Levi, Michael A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-247) and index.The Battle for the Future of American Energy -- "The Barbarians Are at the Door" -- Energy Independence on the Horizon -- "Game Over" -- The Car of the Future -- "Win, Win, Win, Win"-- Wild Cards -- The Energy Opportunity.Looks at the clash between gas/oil proponents and supports of alternative energies and offers a plan for the future that combines the best of both worlds."The United States is in the throes of two unfolding energy revolutions, and partisans-convinced that only their side holds the key to American prosperity, security, and safety-are battling over which one should prevail. In The Power Surge, Michael Levi takes readers inside these revolutions to find out what's really happening-and which side is right. From the back roads of Ohio where old friends are warring over fracking, to the wilds of Colorado where speculators are chasing the holy grail of oil, he shows how oil and gas production, after decades in decline, are being propelled upward by new technologies and high prices, prompting enthusiasts to predict an economic renaissance and impending energy independence. On the other side of the fight, he visits California eco-startups developing game-changing technologies and Midwest manufacturers betting on a new energy future, revealing how more efficient cars and trucks are increasingly dominating the road and costs for renewable energy have plummeted, leading many to herald a starkly different future that moves beyond fossil fuels and saves the planet. Armed with on-the-ground lessons, and drawing on insights from economics, politics, international relations, and climate science, The Power Surge takes on the big claims made by both sides in the fight over American energy, showing what the changes underway mean for the United States and the world and explaining why the purists are often wrong. Both unfolding revolutions in American energy offer big opportunities for the country to strengthen its economy, bolster its security, and protect the environment. Levi shows how to seize those with a new strategy that blends the best of old and new energy while avoiding the real dangers that each poses." -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Energy industries;
© [2013], Oxford University Press,
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Beyond the age of oil : the myths, realities, and future of fossil fuels and their alternatives / by Maugeri, Leonardo,1964-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Power resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Petroleum reserves; Energy industries.; Energy policy.;
© c2010., Praeger,
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Energy : what everyone needs to know / by Goldemberg, José,1928-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-158) and index.List of tables -- List of figures -- Preface -- Energy: the basic concepts: -- What are forces? -- What is work? -- What is energy? -- Which are the common forces in nature? -- What is friction? -- How does one measure energy? -- Can energy be created from nothing? -- What is the First Law of Thermodynamics? -- Part 1: How Is Energy Used Today?: -- Present energy use: -- How much energy do humans need to keep alive? -- How much energy do humans need for other activities? -- What are the sources of energy we use? -- What is the origin of the energy we use? -- At what rate is energy consumption growing? -- What is the relationship between population growth and energy growth? -- Why is energy consumption "per capita" growing? -- What is the relationship between energy and development? -- What is energy intensity? -- What is the human development index? -- What is the gross national happiness index? -- Part 2: World's Present Energy System: -- Energy sources: -- Which are the primary energy sources? -- What are secondary energy sources? -- Why are there losses in converting energy sources? -- What is a Sankey diagram? -- Fossil fuels: -- What are the fossil fuels? -- What do we know about coal? -- What do we know about oil? -- What is abiotic oil? -- How is the price of oil evolving? -- What do we know about natural gas? -- What is the expected life of fossil fuel reserves and resources? -- How unevenly distributed are reserves of fossil fuels around the world? -- Renewables: -- What are renewables? -- What is biomass? -- What are hydroelectric plants? What is wind energy? -- What are photovoltaic panels? -- What is solar thermal energy? -- What is solar thermoelectricity? -- What is wave energy? -- What is tidal energy? -- What is geothermal energy? -- What is the potential of renewable energies? -- How much land is needed to produce energy from renewables? -- What are the prospects for increased use of renewables? -- Nuclear power: -- What is nuclear power? -- Why has the growth of nuclear energy declined since 1985? -- What are the problems of nuclear waste disposal? -- What is the nuclear "renaissance"? -- What is nuclear fusion? -- Part 3: Problems Of The Present Energy System: -- Exhaustion of fossil fuels and energy security: -- Are fossil fuels being exhausted? -- What is the "peak oil debate"? -- What is energy security? -- What are the problems of access to energy services in the developing countries? -- Environmental problems: -- Why are environmental problems so important today? -- Which are the local environmental problems? -- What is urban air pollution? -- What is indoor air pollution? -- Which are the regional environmental problems? -- What is acid rain? -- Which are the global environmental problems? -- What is the greenhouse gas effect? -- What is the connection between global warming and energy? -- What is the intergovernmental panel on climate change? -- What are the facts concerning climate change? -- What are forecasts of climate models? -- What are the environmental impacts from renewable sources? -- What are the impacts of hydroelectricity plants? -- How serious are oil leakages and spills? -- Is deforestation caused by energy use? -- What is the ecological footprint? -- Energy costs: -- What are the costs of energy? -- What are externalities? -- What are "learning curves"? -- How large are energy subsidies? -- Part 5: Technical Solutions And Policies: -- Energy efficiency: -- What are the existing technical solutions to the present energy system? -- What is the potential of energy efficiency? -- What are the advantages of energy efficiency? -- What are the barriers to energy efficiency? -- What is the potential for energy efficiency in power production? -- What is the potential of energy efficiency in buildings? --How can we increase energy efficiency in buildings? -- What is building retrofitting? -- What is the impact of urbanization of energy use? -- What is the energy efficiency potential in industry? -- What is the energy efficiency potential in transportation? -- What is the "rebound" effect? -- New technologies? -- What is cogeneration? -- What is the role of new technologies for fossil fuels? -- What is carbon capture and storage? -- What is the future of transportation? -- Are natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and hydrogen alternatives for transportation? -- Are electrically powered vehicles feasible? -- What are fuel cells -- How much progress is being made in battery storage? -- What is the role of energy storage? -- What is the role of long-distance electricity transmission? -- What are smart grids? -- What are the prospects of biomass? -- Is ethanol a good substitute for gasoline? -- What are the prospects of biodiesel? -- Is there competition between bioenergy and food? -- Policies: -- What are policy targets for renewable energy? -- What are Biofuels mandates? -- What are renewable portfolio standards? -- What are CAFE standards? -- What are "feed-in tariffs? -- What is the climate convention? -- What is the Kyoto protocol? -- What is "cap and trade"? -- What are carbon taxes? -- What is technological "leapfrogging"? -- What is sustainable development? -- Part 5: Nontechnical Solutions: -- Energy and lifestyle: -- What is the relationship between energy and lifestyles? -- Is technological development the only driving force for changing lifestyles? -- What is the impact of transportation modes on lifestyles? -- What are the major determinants of lifestyles changes? -- Appendix 1: Decimal prefixes -- Appendix 2: Common energy unit conversion factors -- General references -- Index.Overview: Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers, economists, environmentalists, and industry as they consider which technologies to invest in, how to promote use of renewable energy sources, and how to plan for dwindling reserves of non-renewable energy. In Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jose Goldemberg, a nuclear physicist who has been hailed by Time magazine as one of the world's top "leaders and visionaries on the environment," takes readers through the basics of the world energy system, its problems, and the technical as well as non-technical solutions to the most pressing energy problems. Addressing the issues in a Q-and-A format, Goldemberg answers such questions as: What are wind, wave, and geothermal energy? What are the problems of nuclear waste disposal? What is acid rain? What is the greenhouse gas effect? What is Carbon Capture and Storage? What are smart grids? What is the Kyoto Protocol? What is "cap and trade"? The book sheds light on the role of population growth in energy consumption, renewable energy resources, the amount of available energy reserves (and when they will run out), geopolitical issues, environmental problems, the frequency of environmental disasters, energy efficiency, new technologies, and solutions to changing consumption patterns. It will be the first place to look for information on the vital topic of energy.
Subjects: Energy conservation.; Energy consumption.; Energy development.; Energy industries.; Power resources.;
© c2012., Oxford University Press,
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Sustainable energy--without the hot air / by MacKay, David J. C.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-354) and index.
Subjects: Renewable energy sources.; Energy conservation.; Energy consumption; Sustainable development.; Energy industries; Energy policy.; Environmental policy.; Energiepolitik; Alternative Energiequelle; Erneuerbare Energien.; Nachhaltige Entwicklung.;
© c2009., UIT,
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Comeback : America's new economic boom / by Morris, Charles R.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index.The manufacturing/energy nexus. Shale country ; An unconventional revolution ; The return of the whales ; The dark side and how to deal with it -- The rest of the economy. Cycles ; Rebuilding America ; Cognitive dissonance ; WrapUp.The author's The Trillion Dollar Meltdown (2008) warned of the impending financial crash in all its horrific scale and speed. Now, he reveals that the United States is on the brink of a strong recovery from the 2008 global financial crisis that could last for twenty years or more, claiming that such booming new industries as shale-based oil will generate millions of new jobs and tame inherited deficits. The great economic boom times in American history have come because of fortuitous discoveries. Natural resources (coal first, then oil) fueled vast economic and industrial expansions, which in turn helped create and supply new markets. The last genuine economic game changer was the technology boom of the 1990s, which gave the U.S. a global competitive advantage for a while based on electronics and silicon. The author was one of the first writers and analysts in the U.S. to predict that the tech boom would lead to a period of sustained economic growth. In defiance of the recessionary times (in 1990), he saw the coming boom. Now, in 2013, he sees the threshold of another. This time the gift is natural gas. The amount and distribution of gas in American shale is so vast that it has the potential to transform the manufacturing economy, creating jobs across the country, and requiring a new infrastructure that will benefit the nation as a whole. Because of fracking, jobs that once would have been outsourced abroad will return home, America can become a net exporter of energy, and cheap energy will provide the opportunity for innovation and competition. In light of this new opportunity, and other complementary developments the author explores in this book, the U.S. ought to be approaching the future with a robust self-confidence it has not experienced in a while. But we could fumble it away. The gold-rush style of shale boom companies does not make them good neighbors. A counter-reaction could put their industry, and the new era of national prosperity, at risk. We also have a political system that has the capacity to spoil the benefits of this huge boon. If the wealth locked in the continental shelf is not shared for the general economic good, but is instead exploited in short-term profiteering, then many of the opportunities that exist will be choked off by a few very rich corporations. Managing the great bonus of the vast store of cheap energy is going to become a defining political challenge in the years ahead.
Subjects: Economic forecasting; Energy industries; Industrial policy;
© [2013], PublicAffairs,
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The boom : how fracking ignited the American energy revolution and changed the world / by Gold, Russell.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-347) and index.Just add water -- Ottis Grimes -- Everyone comes for the money -- Dominion over the rocks -- Wise County -- Ice doesn't freeze anymore -- Larry was the brake -- The rise of Aubrey McClendon -- The fall of Aubrey McClendon -- Celestia -- Blessings of the Pope -- Ghost Ridin' Grandpa -- Pandora's frack.Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy. It has upended the business models of energy companies around the globe, and it has started to change geopolitics and global energy markets in profound ways. Here the author tells the story of this once-obscure oilfield technology, a story with an incredible cast of tycoons and geologists, dreamers and drillers, speculators and skeptics, a story that answers a critical question of our time: Where will the energy come from to power our world, and what price will we have to pay for it?
Subjects: Petroleum industry and trade; Oil wells; Energy policy; Energy consumption;
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Why we need nuclear power : the environmental case / by Fox, Michael H.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Makes a case for nuclear energy as a clean-energy solution"--"In Why We Need Power: The Environmental Case, radiation biologist Michael H. Fox argues that nuclear power is essential to slowing down the impact of global warming. He examines the issue from every angle, relying on thirty-five years of research spent studying the biological effects of radiation. Fox begins with the problem, carefully laying out how our current energy uses and projections for the future will affect greenhouse gases and global warming. The book then evaluates each major energy source and demonstrates the limits of renewable energy sources, concluding that nuclear power is the best solution to our environmental crisis. Fox then delves into nuclear power, looking at the effects of radiation, the potential for nuclear accidents, and the best methods to dispose of nuclear waste. By systematically analyzing each aspect of the nuclear issue, Fox clarifies which concerns have a scientific basis and which remain unsupported. His in-depth exploration of the facts persuasively demonstrates that nuclear power is critical to reducing the effects of energy production on the global climate."--
Subjects: Nuclear energy; Global warming; Nuclear industry; Nuclear industry; Radioactive waste disposal.;
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Why calories count : from science to politics / by Nestle, Marion.; Nesheim, Malden C.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-270) and index."Calories--too few or too many--are the source of health problems affecting billions of people in today's globalized world. Although calories are essential to human health and survival, they cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted. They are also hard to understand. In Why Calories Count, Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim explain in clear and accessible language what calories are and how they work, both biologically and politically. As they take readers through the issues that are fundamental to our understanding of diet and food, weight gain, loss, and obesity, Nestle and Nesheim sort through a great deal of the misinformation put forth by food manufacturers and diet program promoters. They elucidate the political stakes and show how federal and corporate policies have come together to create an "eat more" environment. Finally, having armed readers with the necessary information to interpret food labels, evaluate diet claims, and understand evidence as presented in popular media, the authors offer some candid advice: Get organized. Eat less. Eat better. Move more. Get political"--Provided by publisher.Introduction -- Part one. Understanding calories: it all starts with the science. What is a calorie ; The history: from ancient Greece to modern calorie science ; Foods: how scientists count the calories ; Bodies: how scientists measure the use of calories -- Part two. Why you need calories: survival, warmth, and work. Metabolism: how the body turns food into energy ; The first use of calories: basic life functions ; The second use: heat losses while metabolizing food ; The third use: physical activity -- Part three. Calorie intake and its regulation. How many calories do you need? ; Calorie confusion: the struggle to estimate intake ; Secret calories: alcohol ; Calorie regulation: the body's complex weight management system -- Part four. Too few calories. Starvation and its effects on the body ; Individuals, communities, nations: calories and global hunger ; Could restricting calories prolong human life? -- Part five. Too many calories. An introduction to obesity ; Calories and weight gain: another complex relationship ; Do excess calories make some people gain weight faster than others? ; Are all calories created equal? ; Do some kinds of diets work better than others? -- Part six. The politics of calories: a closer look. Today's "eat-more" environment: the role of the food industry ; More calorie confusion: portion distortion, health halos, and wishful thinking ; Calorie labeling: science and politics ; Alcohol labels: industry vs. consumers ; Will calorie labels help fight obesity? -- Conclusion: How to cope with the calorie environment -- Appendix one. Selected events in the history of calories, 1614-1919 -- Appendix two. The respiratory quotient (RQ) -- Appendix three. Frequently asked questions.
Subjects: Nutrition.; Diet.; Obesity; Food industry and trade.; Energy Intake; Diet.; Food Industry.; Marketing.; Obesity; Politics.;
© c2012., University of California Press,
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The green and the black : the complete story of the shale revolution, the fight over fracking, and the future of energy / by Sernovitz, Gary.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-264) and index.Robbing the Mint -- Peakers, bunkers, imports, and yurts -- Shalemania and science experiments -- How the oil business reversed gravity -- Fox in the frackhouse -- When fracking doesn't mean fracking anymore -- The two trillion-dollar revolution -- The Internet of oil -- Guar and lease, or, Another side of disruption -- When Rachel Carson meets Al Gore -- On to all of the above -- Renaissance after Renaissance? -- And the land of the free.Fracking has become a four-letter word to environmentalists. But most people don't know what it means. Sernovitz explains the reality of fracking: what it is, how it can be made safer, and how the oil business works. He also tells the bigger story. Fracking was just one part of a shale revolution that shocked our assumptions about fueling America's future. The revolution has transformed the world with consequences for the oil industry, investors, environmentalists, political leaders, and anyone who lives in areas shaped by the shales, uses fossil fuels, or cares about the climate. Thanks to American engineers' oilfield innovations, the United States is leading the world in reducing carbon emissions, has sparked a potential manufacturing renaissance, and may soon eliminate its dependence on foreign energy. Once again the largest oil and gas producer in the world, America has altered its balance of power with Russia and the Middle East. Yet the shale revolution has also caused local disruptions and pollution. It has prolonged the world's use of fossil fuels. Is there any way to reconcile the costs with the benefits of fracking?
Subjects: Hydraulic fracturing; Hydraulic fracturing; Energy policy; Gas industry; Oil-shale industry;
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