num_pages: 416
description: The promise of green jobs and a clean energy future has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot -- and will not -- quit using carbon-based fuels at any time in the near future for a simple they provide the horsepower that we crave. The hard reality is that oil coal and natural gas are here to stay.Fueling our society requires more than sentiment and rhetoric; we need to make good decisions and smart investments based on facts. In Power Hungry  Bryce provides a supertanker-load of footnoted facts while shepherding readers through basic physics and math. And with the help of a panoply of vivid graphics and tables he crushes a phalanx of energy myths showing why renewables are not green carbon capture and sequestration won't work and even -- surprise! -- that the U.S. is leading the world in energy efficiency. He also charts the amazing growth of the fuels of the natural gas and nuclear.Power Hungry delivers a clear-eyed view of what America has in the tank and what's needed to transform the gargantuan global energy sector.
language: English
title: Power Hungry: The Myths of ""Green"" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future
publisher: PublicAffairs