Fact and fiction in global energy policy
Subtitle: fifteen contentious questions
By: Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown, and Scott V. Valentine
Contributors: Brown, Marilyn A., author; Valentine, Scott V., author
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781421418971; 9781421418988
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Energy policy; Energy security; Climatic changes; Energy development; Energy industries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Framing global energy policy; title: I. Energy and society. Question 1. Is industry the chief energy villain? ; Question 2. Is energy efficiency a worthwhile investment? ; Question 3. Should governments intervene in energy markets?; title: II. Energy resources and technology. Question 4. Do conventional energy resources have a meaningful "peak"? ; Question 5. Is shale gas a bridge to a clean energy future? ; Question 6. Can renewable electricity ever be mainstreamed? ; Question 7. Is the car of the future electric? ; Question 8. Can we sustainably feed and fuel the planet?; title: III. Climate change. Question 9. Is mitigation or adaptation the best way to address climate change? ; Question 10. Should geoengineering be outlawed? ; Question 11. Is clean coal an oxymoron?; title: IV. Energy security and energy transitions. Question 12. Is nuclear energy worth the risk? ; Question 13. Is national energy independence feasible and desirable? ; Question 14. Are we nearing a global energy crisis? ; Question 15. Can energy transitions be expedited?; title: Conclusion. Values and truth, fact and fiction in global energy policy.