Nothing to fear
Subtitle: a bright future for fossil fuels, the story of fossil fuels and climate change
By: Donn Dears
Publisher: Critical Thinking Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: United States
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780981511924
Subjects: Fossil fuels; Renewable energy sources; Climatic changes; Fossil Fuels; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Combustibles fossiles; Énergies renouvelables; Climat; Changements; Fossil fuel; Climate change
Other titles: Story of fossil fuels and climate change
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreward; title: Part One, The establishment takes aim; title: 1. Rio; title: 2. The IPCC; title: 3. Creeping agreement by the U.S.; title: 4. Why the CO2 hypothesis is wrong; title: 5. Current status of CO2 emissions; title: Part Two, Renewables; title: 6. Wind Energy; title: 7. Utility scale CSP & PV solar energy; title: 8. PV rooftop solar energy; title: 9. The utility death spiral; title: 10. The inadequacy of biofuels; title: 11. Role of taxpayer funded subsides; title: Part Three, Reality; title: 12. Carbon capture & sequestration; title: 13. Waxman markey; title: 14. Impossible objective; title: 15. An alternative hypothesis; title: Part Four, The miracle of fossil fuels; title: 16. Tragic war on fossil fuels; title: 17. Advantages of fossil fuels; title: Remarkable availability of life-saving fossil fuels; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix 1: PV rooftop investment return; title: Appendix 2: Ultra-supercritical coal-fired plants; title: Appendix 3: Decline of U.S. nuclear power.