Power plays : energy options in the age of peak oil / Robert Rapier.
Many people wonder: Are we really running out of oil, or is it all a ruse to drive prices up? Is nuclear power safe and economical? Is solar energy really the key to providing plenty of carbon-free energy? Do we have enough natural gas or coal to make any loss of oil production irrelevant? In Power...
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| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- All about energy : dependence and disconnect
- Fossil fuels and nuclear power : powering modern civilization
- Renewable energy : energy of the past and the future
- Energy production : from the source to the consumer
- Global warming : how do you stop a hurricane?
- Peak oil : myth or threat to civilization?
- Nuclear power : practical solution or environmental disaster?
- Risk and uncertainty : energy security challenges
- Reducing the risks : policies to enhance energy security
- Investing in cleantech : a guide to technical due dilligence
- The race to replace oil : alternative transportation fuels
- Oil-free transportation : alternatives to the internal combustion engine
- Corn ethanol : past, present, and future
- U.S. energy politics : the elusive goal of energy independence
- The road ahead : planning and preparation.