Energy for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Guide to Conventional and Alternative Sources

Half-title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Detailed Contents......Page 5
List of Tables and Figures......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Easter Island
......Page 17
The Mathematics of Extinction
......Page 18
The Unremitting Rise in Population
......Page 20
The Case of Double Exponential Growth
......Page 23
A Lesson in Fish
......Page 25
From Hunting to Farming
......Page 27
Notes
......Page 28
It Takes Energy to Make Energy
......Page 29
Energy for Electricity Generation
......Page 31
Enhancing Eficiency in Electricity Generation
......Page 33
Early History of Electricity
......Page 34
Generating Electricity
......Page 35
System Operation
......Page 36
Methods of Rate Regulation
......Page 38
Operating Models in an Era of Deregulation/ Liberalization
......Page 41
Utility Pools
......Page 47
When Demand Exceeds Suply
......Page 50
The Real Lesson of California
......Page 55
Notes
......Page 56
Yesterday’s Fuel
......Page 57
Today’s Fuel
......Page 58
Biomass for Electricity Generation
......Page 60
Biogas
......Page 63
Biofuels
......Page 67
Notes
......Page 105
The First Energy Crisis
......Page 106
The Origin and History of Coal......Page 107
Types of Coal......Page 118
Coal Mining......Page 119
Coal in the Twenty-First Century......Page 122
Role of Coal Among the Major Consumers......Page 127
Clean-Coal Technologies......Page 130
Eliminating Coal Not So Easy
......Page 134
Notes......Page 135
History of Lighting......Page 137
History of Oil
......Page 138
Oil and Diplomacy......Page 186
Oil and Environmentalists......Page 187
Role of Oil Companies After the Oil Crisis......Page 188
Notes
......Page 192
The Earth As an Oil Manufacturer
......Page 194
Formation of Oil......Page 196
Oil Exploration and Production......Page 198
Getting the Oil to a Refinery......Page 213
Oil Reserves
......Page 221
Synthetic Crude
......Page 229
Chalenge of Oil: the Automobile
......Page 232
Internalizing an Externality
......Page 237
Is This Politicaly Acceptable?
......Page 240
Notes
......Page 242
Background
......Page 243
Early History of Coal Gas
......Page 245
History of Natural Gas
......Page 246
From Source to Consumer
......Page 258
Natural Gas As a Fuel
......Page 262
The European Version of Deregulation
......Page 265
LPG: Prelude to LNG
......Page 266
Liquefied Natural Gas
......Page 270
Nonconventional Gas
......Page 284
Notes
......Page 287
Background
......Page 288
Physics of a Nuclear Reactor
......Page 290
Nuclear Incidents and Accidents
......Page 291
Commercial Reactors
......Page 295
Fusion Power
......Page 302
Future of Nuclear Power
......Page 303
Hydropower
......Page 304
Hydropower: Today and Tomorrow
......Page 312
Notes
......Page 316
The Meaning of Sustainability
......Page 318
Wind Energy
......Page 323
Solar Energy
......Page 337
Geothermal Energy
......Page 348
Ocean Energy
......Page 350
Notes
......Page 353
The Hydrogen Economy
......Page 355
Climate
......Page 362
Carbon Dioxide Conundrum
......Page 368
Projecting the Future
......Page 372
Environment
......Page 373
Efficiency and Conservation
......Page 387
CAFE Standards
......Page 389
Notes
......Page 391
Motor Vehicle Fuels
......Page 393
The Problem Is the Magnitude of the Problem
......Page 399
There Is Always an Alternative
......Page 400
Index
......Page 403
About the Author
......Page 415