Oil and the future of energy
Subtitle: climate repair, hydrogen, nuclear fuel, renewable and green sources, energy efficiency
By: the editors of Scientific American
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781599211176
Subjects: Power resources; Petroleum; Global warming; Energy industries
Other titles: Scientific American oil and the future of energy; Scientific American Magazine.
Notes: At head of title: Scientific American.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The era of oil and coal.   The end of cheap oil / Colin J. Campbell and Jean H. Laherrere; title: The end of oil / Paul Raeburn; title: Oil production in the 21st century / Roger N. Anderson; title: The Arctic oil and wildlife refuge / W. Wayt Gibbs; title: A climate repair manual / Gary Stix; title: Defusing the global warming time bomb / James Hansen; title: Capturing greenhouse gases / Howard Herzog, Baldur Eliasson and Olav Kaarstad; title: Can we bury global warming? / Robert H. Socolow; title: A plan to keep carbon in check / Robert H. Socolow and Stephen W. Pacala; title: What to do about coal / David G. Hawkins, Daniel A. Lashof and Robert H. Williams; title: Soccer goes green / Gunjan Sinha; title: Pt. 2.  The future of energy.  Next-generation nuclear power / James A. Lake, Ralph G. Bennett and John F. Kotek; title: The workings of an ancient nuclear reactor / Alex P. Meshik; title: Smarter use of nuclear waste / William H. Hannum, Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford; title: The nuclear option / John M. Deutch and Ernest J. Moniz; title: The power plant in your basement / Alan C. Lloyd; title: The ultimate clean fuel / Julie Wakefield; title: Questions about a hydrogen economy / Matthew L. Wald; title: A power grid for the hydrogen economy / Paul M. Grant, Chauncey Starr and Thomas J. Overbye; title: High hopes for hydrogen / Joan Ogden; title: Liquid fuels from natural gas / Safaa A. Fouda; title: Pumping coal / Gunjan Sinha; title: Vehicle of change / Lawrence D. Burns ... [et al.]; title: Fueling our transportation future / John B. Heywood; title: A waste of energy / The editors; title: More profit with less carbon / Amory B. Lovins; title: An efficient solution / Eberhard K. Jochem; title: In pursuit of the ultimate lamp / M. George Craford, Nick Holonyak and Frederick A. Kish; title: Power-thrifty PCs / Steven Ashley; title: Turning green / Tim Beardsley; title: The rise of renewable energy / Daniel M. Kammen; title: Solar energy / William Hoagland; title: More power to solar / George Musser; title: Blowing out to sea / Wendy Williams; title: When blade meets bat / Wendy Williams; title: Plan B for energy / W. Wayt Gibbs.