Power Hungry (65 page)

Polimeni, John M., Kozo Mayumi, Mario Giampietro, and Blake Alcott.
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Prindle, David E.
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Roberts, Paul.
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Schumacher, E. F.
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Simmons, Matthew.
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Smil, Vaclav.
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Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years
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Oil
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Tertzakian, Peter, and Keith Hollihan.
The End of Energy Obesity: Breaking Today's Energy Addiction for a Prosperous and Secure Tomorrow
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Tucker, William.
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. Savage, MD: Bartleby Press, 2008.

Yergin, Daniel.
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power
. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1991.

Acheson, Dean

Acheson-Lilienthal Report

Adkins, Marshall

Afghanistan

Africa

electricity in, essentiality of

African American poverty rates

Agassi, Shai

Aguilera, Robert F.

Alabama

Alaska

Alliance for Climate Protection

Alliance Resource Partners

Ameren UE

American Bird Conservancy

American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Waxman-Markey Act)

American Indians

American Mathematical Society

American Motors Corporation

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

American Wind Energy Association

Anadarko Petroleum

Anderson, Eric

Angola

Antrim Shale(table)

Appalachia

Arab oil embargo (1973)

Areva

Argentina

Arnett, Ed

Arthur Andersen

Arctic climate change

Atoms for Peace program

Austin Energy

Australia(fig.)

coal reserves of(table)

and electricity(fig.)

and energy consumption(fig.)

and energy intensity(fig.)

and natural gas

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

Ausubel, Jesse

Automobile sector

Automobiles(fig.)

evolution of

fuel efficiency of, increasing

increased usage of, and the transition to oil

See also
Electric cars; Hybrid cars; Natural gas vehicles (NGVs); SUVs

Babcock & Wilcox

Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act

Ban Ki-moon

Barnett Shale

Barton, Joe

Bat Conservation International

Batteries

energy density of(fig.)

technology of, issue with

Belgium(fig.)

Beller, Denis

Benedict XVI (pope)

Bethe, Hans

Big Coal
(Goodell)

Bill Barrett Corporation

Biofuels

and deforestation

See also
Ethanol

Biomass(fig.)(fig.)

density of(fig.)(fig.)

and flex-fuel cars

footprint of(fig.)

myth involving

problems resulting from burning

producing, from switchgrass, issues with

See also
Wood

Birol, Faith

Black carbon deposits and emissions

Bolton, John

Bonneville Power Administration

Borneo

Bottomless Well, The
(Huber and Mills)

BP

BP Statistical Review of World Energy

Bradley, Robert L., Jr.

Brand, Stewart

Brazil(fig.)

carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.) (fig.)

and energy consumption(fig.)

and energy intensity(fig.)

and natural gas

power consumption in(fig.)

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

Britain

hybrid and electric cars in

See also
United Kingdom (UK)

Brown, Gordon

Bryce's Hypothesis

Bulgaria

Burundi

Bush administration

Bush, George H. W.

Bush, George W.

Butane

Byrd, Robert

Cadmium

California

California Public Utility Commission

Cambodia

Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)

Canada(fig.)

and electricity(fig.)

and energy consumption(fig.)

and energy intensity(fig.)

and natural gas

and nuclear power

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

Capacity factor(fig.)

Cap-and-trade plans

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), myth about

Carbon credits, buying, issue with

Carbon dioxide emissions

of the developing world

myths involving

and natural gas

offsetting, happy talk on

per-capita

total, of OECD countries vs. non-OECD countries

world average, comparing countries to (fig.)

yearly, expectations for

Carbon dioxide emissions reduction

as a global priority

nuclear power and

See also
Global climate change; Kyoto Protocol; Zero-emissions

Carbon footprint

Carbon intensity, reductions in, comparing (fig.)

“Carbon neutral” claims, issue with

Carbon tax, myth involving

Cardinal Mine(fig.)

Carter, Jimmy

Causation, issue of

Cellulosic ethanol

Center on Global Change

Central African Republic

CEPOS (Danish Center for Political Studies)

Chad

Charcoal, issues with

Cheatham, Don

Cheney, Dick

Chernobyl nuclear accident

Chesapeake Energy

Chevron

Chile(fig.)

China

carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.) (fig.)

and carbon intensity(fig.)

and coal(table)

and electric vehicles

and electricity(fig.)

and energy consumption(fig.)

and energy intensity(fig.)

and a fusion-fission system

hydrocarbon reserves of

and hydropower

and mercury emissions

and natural gas

and nuclear power

and power consumption(fig.)

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

and solar power

as a supplier of rare earth commodities

and wind power

China Syndrome, The
(movie)

Chinese National Offshore Oil Company

Chu, Steven

Clean Air Interstate Rule

Clean Air Mercury Rule

Clean Air Watch

Climate change.
See
Global climate change

“Climate Change: Adapting to the Inevitable?” (Institution of Mechanical Engineers)

Climate change conferences

Clinton, Bill

Clinton Climate Initiative

Clinton, Hillary

Coal

abundance of

best alternative to

capacity factor of(fig.)

and carbon capture and sequestration

carbon dioxide emissions of

comparing energy output of, with other energy sources(fig.)

construction cost per kilowatt of capacity for(table)

cost of, reality behind the

demand for, increase in

and electricity generation(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)

and electricity production

energy density of(fig.)

environmental and social costs of

and federal subsidies(fig.)

footprint of

issues surrounding

measuring and selling, ways of

myth involving

necessity of, in developing countries

and the need for gas-fired generation

ongoing transition away from, challenge in the

peak, concern over, addressing

portrayed as an anachronistic source of power

reign of

reliability of

reserves of(table)

resource intensity of(fig.)

resurgence in

share of, in the primary energy mix (figs. 33, 34)

states that are heavily dependent on

transition to and from, pace of the

Coal consumption

and energy efficiency

global(fig.)(fig.)

increase in

time span reflecting(fig.)

Coal mining

Coal plants

as back up for wind power

emissions of toxins from

myth involving

operating costs of

running of

Coal-related pollution

Collins, Jim

Colombia

Colorado

Colorado Energy Research Institute

Colorado School of Mines

Combustion engine

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Computers, essential commodities of

Congo(fig.)

ConocoPhillips

Construction costs, of electric generation plants(table)

Consumers, energy that matters to

Cooper, Anderson

Copenhagen climate change conference

Corn ethanol

environmental costs of(fig.)

and flex-fuel cars

footprint of(fig.)

issue with

power density of(fig.)

Correlation, issue of

Corruption

Coskata

Cost

of consuming, paradox involving

as imperative

relationship of, to the other imperatives

“Cost and Quantity of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Avoided by Wind Generation” (Lang)

Croft, Gregory

Cronshaw, Ian

Cuba, emissions in(fig.)

Cuban, Mark

Cubic Mile of Oil, A
(Crane, Kinderman, and Malhotra)

Curtis, John

Curtiss, Peter S.

Dams, dismantling of

Danish Center for Political Studies (CEPOS)

Danish Energy Agency

Darley, Julian

Darwin, Charles

de Merode, Emmanuel

De Nysschen, Johan

de Soto, Hernando

Death rates, energy poverty and

Decarbonization trend

Deffeyes, Kenneth

deForest Ralph, H.

Deforestation

DeGette, Diana

Democrats

view of, toward nuclear power

Deng Xiaoping

Denmark

and carbon capture and sequestration

carbon dioxide emissions of (fig.)

and carbon intensity(fig.)

coal consumption in (fig.)

electricity rates in(fig.)

energy consumption in (fig.)

and energy intensity(fig.)

myths involving

and natural gas(fig.)

and oil(fig.)

and oil consumption

and wind power (fig.)

Desalinization, need for

Desert Protective Council

DeSoto Parish

Developing countries

and carbon dioxide emissions

desire for electricity in

Diesel demand, increase in

Diesel engines(photo) (fig.)

Diesel, Rudolf

Diesel-fired generators

Dimethyl ether

Dow Chemical

Dyson, Freeman

Earth Day Speech

Earth First!

Earth Summit

East Texas Field

East Texas generation project

Economies

correlation between electricity consumption and(table)

interconnectedness of

See also
Gross Domestic Product (GDP); U.S. economy

Ecuador

Edison, Thomas

Efficient energy.
See
Energy efficiency

Egypt

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

ElBaradei, Mohamed

Electric cars

Electric generation plants, cost of constructing various(table)

Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)