Power Hungry (68 page)

Reserves-to-production ratio, for natural gas and oil

Resource intensity, issue of

Resources vs. reserves

Rhetoric and reality

Rhode Island

Rhodes, Richard

Rich, Paul

Rocky Mountain Institute

Roman Catholic Church

Romania

Romans, the

Romm, Joe

Rove, Karl

Royalty payments

Rumsfeld, Donald

Rural areas, and energy consumption

Russia

coal reserves of(table)

and electricity(fig.)

hydrocarbon reserves of

and natural gas(fig.)

and nuclear power

and nuclear waste

and nuclear weapons

and oil

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

Rutledge, David

Rwanda

Rybczynski, Witold

Sakharov, Andrei

Salazar, Ken

San Diego Gas and Electric

Sánchez de Toca Alameda, Melchor

Sandalow, David

Sandia National Laboratory

Santos Basin

Saudi Arabia

carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.)

and electricity(fig.)

myth involving

and oil

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

Savannah River National Laboratory

“Saving the Climate for Fun and Profit” (Lovins)

Scale

as imperative

relationship of, to the other imperatives

Schumacher, E. F.

Scientific illiteracy, issue of

Second Iraq War

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-actualization

Shale gas production

Shale gas revolution

Sharman, Hugh

Shell

Shellenberger, Michael

Sherringham Shoal

SI units, described

Sierra Club

Sierra Leone

Silkwood
(movie)

Simmons, Matthew

Slovakia

Smead, Rick

Smil, Vaclav

Smith, Kirk R.

Smith, Mike

Snow. P.

Solar panels, price of, falling

Solar power

in China

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

cost of

energy produced by coal vs.

and federal subsidies(fig.)

footprint of(fig.)

happy talk on

history of relying on

increase in electricity production from

issue with

land-use issues related to

myths involving

power density of(fig.)

and rare earth commodities

reliability of, issue with

SolarReserve

Solid waste production

Soot

Souder, Elizabeth

South Africa(table)

South Carolina

South Dakota

South Korea(table)

South Pars field

South Texas Project(fig.)(fig.)

Southern Company

Spain(fig.)(table)

StatoilHydro

Steam engines

Strategic commodities, reducing the need for importing, myth about

Stripper wells(fig.)

Subsidies, federal

Sudan

Sulfur dioxide(fig.)

Sumatra

Summer generation capacity(fig.)

Sunrise Powerlink

SUVs

Svec

Sweden(fig.)(fig.)

Switchgrass

Switzerland

Syntec

Synthetic Genomics

Syria(fig.)

Taiwan(table)

Tanaka, Nobuo

Tax issues

Taylor, Jerry

Technological advances

Technological disruptions

Tellurium

Tennessee Valley Authority

Terrorism

Tertzakian, Peter

Tesla, Nicola

Texaco

Texas(fig.)

and natural gas

oil fields in

wind power in(fig.)

See also
South Texas Project

Texas Railroad Commission

Thailand

Thorium

Three Mile Island nuclear accident

Toshiba

Transmutation

Transocean

Trueman, David

Truman, Harry

Tupi field

Turkey(table)

Turkmenistan(fig.)

Turner, Ted

“Two Cultures, The” (Snow)

Uganda

Ukraine

Ultracapacitors

Unemployment rate

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom (UK)(fig.)

and energy consumption(fig.)

and energy intensity(fig.)

and nuclear power

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

See also
Britain

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

United Nations (UN)

United States (fig.)

ability of, to make huge cuts in emissions by 2050, myth involving

automobile sector in

carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.)

and carbon intensity

coal consumption in

coal reserves of(table)

comparing gas and oil production in

and electricity consumption(fig.)

electricity generation in (fig.)

electricity production from solar, wind, and coal in

electricity rates in(fig.)

and energy consumption(fig.) (fig.)

energy goal for

and energy intensity(fig.)

energy production in, comparing output of, by source(fig.)

and a fusion-fission system

history of natural gas in

hydrocarbon reserves of

as lagging in energy efficiency, myth about

as a leader in supporting the IAEA

as the leader of high-quality energy production

natural gas consumption in

natural gas production in

natural gas reserves of

and natural gas resources

and nuclear power

and nuclear waste

and nuclear weapons

oil and gas companies in

oil consumption in

oil discovery in, important

as an oil exporter

and oil imports

oil stripper wells in, production of

population in, percent of, living in poverty

poverty and unemployment in

power consumption in(fig.)

primary energy mix in (fig. 34)

private ownership of mineral rights in

productivity of gas wells in(fig.)

prospecting in

ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)

and rare earth commodities, need for

solar research in

as a virtual liquefied natural gas exporter

and wood consumption

Unocal

Uranium

Urban areas

Urbanization trend

U.S. Bureau of Land Management

U.S. Bureau of Mines

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

U.S. Congress

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Commerce

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of Interior

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. economy

and the appeal of “green” energy

and cheap energy

efficiency of, improving

recessions in, impact of

and the shift to service-based production

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Forest Service

U.S. Geological Society

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. military

U.S. Navy

U.S. Office of Technology Assessment

U.S. Senate

USS
Virginia

Utah(fig.)(table)

Valero Energy

Vatican Climate Forest

Venezuela

Vestas

Vietnam

Virginia

Virunga National Park

Voltaire

von Welsbach, Carl Auer

Wald, Matthew

Wärtsilä(photo)

Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Waste management

Water

contamination of

demand for

Watt, James

Watts (W), as a measure of power.
See also Power entries

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

Weather, as a factor in emissions

West Africa

West Virginia

Westinghouse

Wheeler, Charles B.

Whole Earth Discipline
(Brand)

Wilderness Society

Wind power

capacity factor of(fig.)

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

construction cost per kilowatt of capacity for(table)

consumption of, in Denmark(fig.)

cost of

and electricity generation(fig.)

energy produced by coal vs.

environmental costs of

and federal subsidies(fig.)

footprint of(fig.)

happy talk on

history of relying on

increase in electricity production from

issue with

land-use issues related to

law enforcement favoritism toward

myths involving

power density of(fig.)

reliability of, issue with

resource intensity of

turbine noise

Wind turbine syndrome

Winning Our Energy Independence
(Freeman)

Winning the Oil Endgame
(Lovins)

Wisconsin

Wood

consumption of(fig.)

cost of

energy density of(fig.)

myth involving

See also
Biomass

Woodford Shale(table)

Woolsey, James

World Bank

World Energy Outlook

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Heritage Site

World War II,

Wynn, Will

Wyoming

Xcel Energy

Yang, Jing

Yucca Mountain

Zareski, Gordon

Zero-emissions

ROBERT BRYCE has been producing industrialstrength journalism for two decades. His articles on energy and other subjects have appeared in dozens of publications, ranging from the
Wall Street Journal
to
Counterpunch
and
Atlantic Monthly
to
Oklahoma Stripper
. He is the author, most recently, of
Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence.”
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