The Climate Crisis: A Moderate Approach to the Energy Debate

Introduction
PART I:  SETTING THE STAGE
Chapter 1:  Denier or Believer?
Chapter 2:   How to Start Thinking about the Energy Crisis
Chapter 3:  What Is Energy?
- Figure 3.1: Monthly U.S. Field Production of Crude
- Figure 3.2: Global Wind Atlas
- Figure 3.3: Potential for Leapfrogging in Decentralized Solar Photovoltaic Technology
- Figure 3.4: Capacity Factor by Energy Source - 2019
- Figure 3.5: Energy Consumption in the United States (1776-2019)
- Figure 3.6: Renewable Energy Consumption in the United States (1776-2019)
Chapter 4:  What Is the Energy System?
- Figure 4.1: The Energy System
Chapter 5:  Becoming Part of the Solution
Chapter 6: Our Energy Origins
- Figure 6.1: Norwegian Petroleum Directorate Licenses Granted
PART II:  DEFINING THE PROBLEM
Chapter 7:  Our Energy Journey
Chapter 8:  The Modern Energy System
- Figure 8.1: U.S. Total Energy Consumption (1950-2018)
- Figure 8.2: Total Energy Consumption, U.S. Gross Domestic Product
- Figure 8.3: Global Primary Energy Consumption by Region (2010-2050)
- Figure 8.4: U.S. Total Energy Consumption (1950-2018)
- Figure 8.5: U.S. Energy Consumption by Source and Sector, 2018
- Figure 8.6: Global Primary Energy Consumption By Energy Source (2010-2050)
Chapter 9:  Hydrocarbons Are Everywhere
- Figure 9.1: Map Of U.S. Interstate And Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines
- Figure 9.2: Jobs In Solar, Oil And Gas Extraction And Coal Mining
Chapter 10:  What the Modern Energy System Has Done for Us
- Figure 10.1: U.S. Energy Mapping System
• Table 10.1: Intrinsic Valuation Storage
- Figure 10.2: Human Development Index, Life Expectancy, United States and China
Chapter 11:  Models Are Flexible
- Figure 11.1: 2017 WTI Forward Curve
- Figure: 11.2: Globe Natural History Museum
Chapter 12:  Intrinsic and Extrinsic Value
- Figure 12.1: Globally Averaged Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
- Figure 12.2: Annual Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions
- Figure 12.3: Global Average Surface Temperature Change (Relative To 1986-2005)
PART III:  SEARCHING FOR SOLUTIONS
Chapter 13:  The Importance of Balance
Chapter 14:  Collaboration Is Key
Chapter 15:  The Paris Agreement
Chapter 16:  Climate War
Chapter 17:  Large-Scale but Low-Impact Solutions
- Figure 17.1: Annual Mean Wage Of Roustabouts, Oil And Gas, By State, May 2019
• Table 17.1: Subsidies In EnergyIn Fiscal 2016      • Table 17.2: ExxonMobil 2019
- Figure 17.2: Direct Taxes Paid to Texas State and Local Governments by Oil & Gas
Chapter 18:  Small-Scale but High-Impact Solutions
• Table 18.1 Project valuation
Conclusion
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