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
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781586487898
Subjects: Clean energy industries; Power resources -- Forecasting
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: Introduction : The Cardinal Mine : a point of beginning; title: Part one : Our quest for power.; title: Power tripping 101; title: Happy talk; title: Watt's the big deal? (Power tripping 102); title: Sidebar : Power equivalencies of various engines, motors, and appliances, in horsepower and watts; title: Wood to coal to oil : the slow pace of energy transitions; title: Coal hard facts; title: Sidebar : From Pearl Street to EveryGenerator.com : a story of rising power density and falling costs; title: If oil didn't exist, we'd have to invent it; title: Twenty-seven Saudi Arabias per day; title: Part two : The myths of "green" energy.; title: Myth : wind and solar are "green"; title: Sidebar : All about power density : a comparison of various energy sources in horsepower and watts; title: Myth : wind power reduces CO2 emissions; title: Myth : Denmark provides an energy model for the United States; title: Myth : T. Boone Pickens has a plan (or a clue); title: Sidebar : Bird kills? What bird kills?; 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 CO2 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: Part three : The power of N2N.; 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: Sidebar : Stripper power!; title: It's a gas, gas, gas : welcome to the "gas factory"; title: Sidebar : Elephant hunting : comparing the Barnett shale and the East Texas field; title: America's secret Google; title: Gas pains; title: Nuclear goes beyond green; title: Sidebar : The real story on subsidies; title: A smashing idea for nuclear waste; title: Future nukes; title: Part four : Moving forward.; title: Rethinking "green" and a few other suggestions; title: Toward cheap, abundant energy; title: Appendixes.; title: Units and equivalents; title: SI numerical designations; title: America's convoluted energy regulatory structure; title: Countries ranked by primary energy consumption, 2007; title: U.S. and world primary energy consumption, by source, 1973 and 2008; title: Notes; title: Glossary