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Brown, Marilyn A.

Energy and American Society – Thirteen Myths

Brown, Marilyn A. - Energy and American Society – Thirteen Myths, ebook

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Table of contents

1. Introduction – The Compelling Tangle of Energy and American Society
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown

2. Energy Myth one – Today’s Energy Crisis is “Hype”
Marilyn A. Brown

3. Energy Myth Two – The Public is Well Informed About Energy
Rosalyn Mckeown

4. Energy Myth Three – High Land Requirements and an Unfavorable Energy Balance Preclude Biomass Ethanol from Playing a Large Role in Providing Energy Services
Lee R. Lynd, Mark S. Laser, John Mcbride, Kara Podkaminer, John Hannon

5. Energy Myth Four – The Hydrogen Economy Is A Panacea To The Nation’s Energy Problems
Joseph Romm

6. Energy Myth Five – Price Signals are Insufficient to Induce Efficient Energy Investments
Jerry Taylor, Peter Van Doren

7. Energy Myth Six – The Barriers to New and Innovative Energy Technologies are Primarily Technical: The Case of Distributed Generation (DG)
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Richard F. Hirsh

8. Energy Myth Seven – Renewable Energy Systems Could Never Meet Growing Electricity Demand in America
Rodney Sobin

9. Energy Myth Eight – Worldwide Power Systems are Economically and Environmentally Optimal
Thomas R. Casten, Robert U. Ayres

10. Energy Myth Nine – Energy Efficiency Improvements have Already Reached Their Potential$1$
Amory B. Lovins

11. Energy Myth Ten – Energy Efficiency Measures are Unreliable, Unpredictable, and Unenforceable
Edward Vine, Marty Kushler, Dan York

12. Energy Myth Eleven – Energy R&D Investment Takes Decades to Reach the Market
Daniel M. Kammen, Gregory F. Nemet

13. Energy Myth Twelve – Climate Policy Will Bankrupt the U.S. Economy
Eileen Claussen, Janet Peace

14. Energy Myth Thirteen - Developing Countries are not Doing Their Part in Responding to Concerns About Climate Change
Thomas J. Wilbanks

15. Conclusions - Replacing Myths With Maxims: Rethinking The Relationship Between Energy And American Society
Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Environmental Science SCI026000

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Publisher
Springer
Publication year
2007
Language
en
Edition
1
Category
Natural Sciences
Format
Ebook
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9781402055645

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