Energy: Supplies Sustainability, And Cost (Information Plus Reference Series, Edition 2007)

Cover Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
ISBN 1414407513......Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
The Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries......Page 9
Domestic Production......Page 12
Domestic Consumption......Page 13
ENERGY IMPORTS AND EXPORTS......Page 14
FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION PRICES......Page 15
World Production......Page 17
FUTURE TRENDS IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION, AND PRICES......Page 18
TYPES OF OIL......Page 26
HOW OIL IS REFINED......Page 27
LOSS AND VOLATILITY OF OIL INDUSTRY JOBS......Page 29
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION......Page 30
OIL IMPORTS AND EXPORTS......Page 31
PROJECTED OIL SUPPLY AND CONSUMPTION......Page 32
OIL PRICES......Page 33
Oil Spill......Page 36
Not All Oil Spills Are Due to Oil Transportation......Page 38
Natural Gas Wells......Page 42
Natural Gas Reserves......Page 43
Underground Storage......Page 45
TRANSMISSION OF NATURAL GAS......Page 46
NATURAL GAS PRICES......Page 47
World Production......Page 48
Domestic Production......Page 49
Imports and Exports......Page 51
WHAT IS COAL?......Page 57
COAL-MINING METHODS......Page 58
COAL-MINING SAFETY AND HEALTH RISKS......Page 60
Fatalities......Page 61
Coal Consumption by Sector......Page 62
Problems......Page 68
Solutions......Page 69
FUTURE TRENDS IN THE COAL INDUSTRY......Page 71
Radioactivity......Page 75
Mining Nuclear Fuel......Page 76
DOMESTIC NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCTION......Page 77
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION......Page 84
AGING NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS......Page 85
NUCLEAR SAFETY......Page 87
RADIOACTIVE WASTE......Page 89
Disposal of Uranium Mill Tailings......Page 90
Disposal of High-Level Waste......Page 91
Disposal of Transuranic Waste......Page 93
Disposal of Mixed Waste......Page 95
DOMESTIC RENEWABLE ENERGY USAGE......Page 96
Direct Burning......Page 97
Biochemical Conversion......Page 98
Municipal Waste Recovery......Page 99
Landfill Gas Recovery......Page 100
The Future of Hydropower......Page 101
Types of Geothermal Energy......Page 102
WIND ENERGY......Page 103
Domestic Energy Production by Wind Turbines......Page 109
Solar Thermal Energy Systems......Page 110
Photovoltaic Conversion Systems......Page 111
Solar Power as an International Rural Solution......Page 112
Wave Energy......Page 113
U.S. ELECTRICITY USAGE......Page 114
DEREGULATION OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES......Page 116
World Production......Page 117
TRENDS IN THE U.S. ELECTRICAL POWER INDUSTRY......Page 118
COAL......Page 107
Uranium......Page 108
THE ELECTRIC BILL......Page 115
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change......Page 126
The Kyoto Protocol......Page 127
Automotive Efficiency......Page 128
Alternative-Fuel Vehicles......Page 130
Air Travel Efficiency......Page 133
Building Efficiency......Page 134
Home Appliance Efficiency......Page 136
INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS......Page 140
FUTURE TRENDS IN CONSERVATION......Page 141
IMPORTANT NAMES AND ADDRESSES......Page 142
RESOURCES......Page 144
C......Page 145
H......Page 146
O......Page 147
S......Page 148
U......Page 149
Y......Page 150