Power hungry
Subtitle: the myths of "green" energy and the real fuels of the future
By: Robert Bryce
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9781586487898
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Power tripping 101; title: Happy talk; title: Watt's the big deal? (Power tripping 102); title: Wood to coal to oil : the slow pace of energy transitions; title: Coal hard facts; title: If oil didn't exist, we'd have to invent it; title: Twenty-seven Saudi Arabias per day; title: Myth : wind and solar are "green"; title: Myth : wind power reduces CO[subscript]2 emissions; title: Myth : Denmark provides an energy model for the United States; title: Myth : T. Boone Pickens has a plan (or a clue); title: Myth : wind power reduces the need for natural gas; title: Myth : going "green" will reduce imports of strategic commodities and create "green" jobs; title: Myth : the United States lags in energy efficiency; title: 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; title: Myth : taxing carbon dioxide will work; title: Myth : oil is dirty; title: Myth : cellulosic ethanol can scale up and cut U.S. oil imports; title: Myth : electric cars are the next big thing; title: Myth : we can replace coal with wood; title: Why N2N? and why now? (the megatrends favoring natural gas and nuclear); title: A very short history of American natural gas and regulatory stupidity; title: It's a gas, gas, gas : welcome to the "gas factory"; title: America's secret google; title: Gas pains; title: Nuclear goes beyond green; title: A smashing idea for nuclear waste; title: Future nukes; title: Rethinking "green" and a few other suggestions; title: Toward cheap, abundant energy.