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The Dirty Energy Dilemma
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Author : Benjamin K. Sovacool
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2008-10-30
The Dirty Energy Dilemma written by Benjamin K. Sovacool and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-30 with Science categories.
The American electric utility system is quietly falling apart. Once taken for granted, the industry has become increasingly unstable, fragmented, unreliable, insecure, inefficient, expensive, and harmful to our environment and public health. According to Sovacool, the fix for this ugly array of problems lies not in nuclear power or clean coal, but in renewable energy systems that produce few harmful byproducts, relieve congestion on the transmission grid, require less maintenance, are not subject to price volatility, and enhance the security of the national energy system from natural catastrophe, terrorist attack, and dependence on supply from hostile and unstable regions of the world. Here arises The Dirty Energy Dilemma: If renewable energy systems deliver such impressive benefits, why are they languishing at the margins of the American energy portfolio? And why does the United States lag so far behind Europe, where conversion to renewable energy systems has already taken off in a big way? Corporate media parrot industry PR that renewable technologies just aren't ready for prime time. But Sovacool marshals extensive field research to show that the only barrier blocking the conversion of a significant proportion of the U.S. energy portfolio to renewables is not technological—the technology is there—but institutional. Public utility commissioners, utility managers, system operators, business owners, and ordinary consumers are hobbled by organizational conservatism, technical incompatibility, legal inertia, weak and inconsistent political incentives, ill-founded prejudices, and apathy. The author argues that significant conversion to technologically proven clean energy systems can happen only if we adopt and implement a whole new set of policies that will target and dismantle the insidious social barriers that are presently blocking decisions that would so obviously benefit society.
Climate Change And Global Energy Security
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Author : Marilyn A. Brown
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2011-08-12
Climate Change And Global Energy Security written by Marilyn A. Brown and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-12 with Science categories.
An exploration of commercially available technologies that can enhance energy security and address climate change and public policy options crucial to their adoption. Tackling climate change and improving energy security are two of the twenty-first century's greatest challenges. In this book, Marilyn Brown and Benjamin Sovacool offer detailed assessments of the most advanced commercially available technologies for strengthening global energy security, mitigating the effects of climate change, and enhancing resilience through adaptation and geo-engineering. They also evaluate the barriers to the deployment of these technologies and critically review public policy options crucial to their adoption. Arguing that society has all the technologies necessary for the task, Brown and Sovacool discuss an array of options available today, including high-efficiency transportation, renewable energy, carbon sequestration, and demand-side management. They offer eight case studies from around the world that document successful approaches to reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and improving energy security. These include the Danish approach to energy policy and wind power, Brazil's ethanol program, China's improved cookstove program; and the U.S. Toxics Release Inventory. Brown and Sovacool argue that meeting the twin challenges of climate change and energy security will allow us to provide energy, maintain economic growth, and preserve the natural environment—without forcing tradeoffs among them.
Understanding The National Energy Dilemma
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Understanding The National Energy Dilemma written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Power resources categories.
The Energy Security Dilemma
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Author : David Bernell
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-14
The Energy Security Dilemma written by David Bernell and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-14 with Political Science categories.
This book analyzes the energy security of the United States – its ability to obtain reliable, affordable, and sufficient supplies of energy while meeting the goals of achieving environmental sustainability and protecting national security. The economic and national security of the United States is largely dependent upon fossil fuels, especially oil. Without significant changes to current practices and patterns of energy production and use, the domestic and global impacts – security, economic, and environmental – are expected to become worse over the coming decades. Growing US and global energy demands need to be met and the anticipated impacts of climate change must be avoided – all at an affordable price, while avoiding conflict with other nations that have similar goals. Bernell and Simon examine the current and prospective landscape of American energy policy, from tax incentives and mandates at the federal and state level to promote wind and solar power, to support for fracking in the oil and natural gas industries, to foreign policies designed to ensure that markets and cooperative agreements — not armies, navies and rival governments — control the supply and price of energy resources. They look at the variety of energy related challenges facing the United States and argue that public policies designed to enhance energy security have at the same time produced greater insecurity in terms of fostering rising (and potentially unmet) energy needs, national security threats, economic vulnerability, and environmental dangers.
Understanding The National Energy Dilemma
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Understanding The National Energy Dilemma written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Power resources categories.
Rooftop Revolution
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Author : Danny Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Release Date : 2012-09-03
Rooftop Revolution written by Danny Kennedy and has been published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-03 with Business & Economics categories.
Here is the truth that the powerful Dirty Energy public relations machine doesn't want you to know: the ascent of solar energy is upon us. Solar-generated electricity has risen exponentially in the last few years and employment in the solar industry has doubled since 2009. Meanwhile, electricity from coal has declined to pre-World War II levels as the fossil fuel industry continues to shed jobs. Danny Kennedy systematically refutes the lies spread by solar's opponents—that it is expensive, inefficient, and unreliable; that it is kept alive only by subsidies; that it can't be scaled; and many other untruths. He shows that we need a rooftop revolution to break the entrenched power of the coal, oil, nuclear, and gas industries Solar energy can create more jobs, return our nation to prosperity, and ensure the sustainability and safety of our planet. Now is the time to move away from the dangerous energy sources of the past and unleash the amazing potential of the sun.
Perspectives On Energy
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Author : Lon C. Ruedisili
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Perspectives On Energy written by Lon C. Ruedisili and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Political Science categories.
Ending Dirty Energy Policy
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Author : Joseph P. Tomain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Ending Dirty Energy Policy written by Joseph P. Tomain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Climatic changes categories.
Climate change presents the United States, and the world, with regulatory problems of a magnitude, complexity, and scope unseen before. The United States, however, particularly after the mid-term elections of 2010, lacks the political will necessary to aggressively address climate change. Most current books focus on climate change. This book argues that the country will not adequately address climate change until we transform our fossil fuel energy policy. Yet there are signs that the country will support the transformation of our country's century-old energy policy from one that is dependent on fossil fuels to a low-carbon energy portfolio. A transformative energy policy that favors energy efficiency and renewable resources can occur only after we have abandoned the traditional fossil fuel energy policy, have redesigned regulatory systems to open new markets and promoted competition among new energy providers, and have stimulated private-sector commercial and venture capital investment in energy innovations that can be brought to commercial scale and marketability.
Ending Dirty Energy Policy
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Author : Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law Joseph P Tomain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-05-14
Ending Dirty Energy Policy written by Dean Emeritus and the Wilbert and Helen Ziegler Professor of Law Joseph P Tomain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-14 with BUSINESS & ECONOMICS categories.
Argues that the United States will not adequately address climate change until it transforms its fossil fuel energy policy.
America The Powerless
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Author : Alan Edward Waltar
language : en
Publisher: Medical Physics Publishing Corporation
Release Date : 1995
America The Powerless written by Alan Edward Waltar and has been published by Medical Physics Publishing Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Business & Economics categories.
The author believes that nuclear-generated electric power is the best energy option for our generation. Focusing on the issues that concern the public regarding nuclear energy, he confronts each anti-nuclear objection and systematically dismantles the myths and misconceptions behind it. The Foreword is by Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg.