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Author's note
Introduction. The Cardinal Mine : a point of beginning
pt. I. Our quest for power
1. Power tripping 101
2. Happy talk
3. Watt's the big deal? (Power tripping 102)
Sidebar. Power equivalencies of various engines, motors, and appliances, in horsepower (and watts)
1. Wood to coal to oil : the slow pace of energy transitions
5. Coal hard facts
Sidebar. From Pearl Street to EveryGenerator.com : a story of rising power density and falling costs
6. If oil didn't exist, we'd have to invent it
7. Twenty-seven Saudi Arabias per day
pt. II. The myths of "green" energy
8. Myth : wind and solar are "green"
Sidebar. All about power density : a comparison of various energy sources in horsepower (and watts)
9. Myth : wind power reduces CO₂ emissions
10. Myth : Denmark provides an energy model for the United States
11. Myth : T. Boone Pickens has a plan (or a clue)
Sidebar. Bird Kills? What bird kills?
12. Myth : wind power reduces the need for natural gas
13. Myth : going "green" will reduce imports of strategic commodities and create "green" jobs
14. Myth : the United States lags in energy efficiency
15. Myth : the United States can cut CO₂ emissions by 80 percent by 2050, and carbon capture and sequestration can help achieve that goal
16. Myth : taxing carbon dioxide will work
17. Myth : oil is dirty
18. Myth : cellulosic ethanol can scale up and cut U.S. oil imports
19. Myth : electric cars are the next big thing
20. Myth : we can replace coal with wood
pt. III. The power of N2N
21. Why N2N? And why now? (the megatrends favoring natural gas and nuclear)
22. A very short history of American natural gas and regulatory stupidity
Sidebar. Stripper power!
23. It's a gas, gas, gas : welcome to the "gas factory"
Sidebar. Elephant hunting : comparing the Barnett Shale and the East Texas Field
24. America's secret Goggle
25. Gas pains
26. Nuclear goes beyond green
Sidebar. The real story on subsidies
27. A smashing idea for nuclear waste
28. Future nukes
pt. IV. Moving forward
29. Rethinking "green" and a few other suggestions
30. Toward cheap, abundant energy
Appendix A. Units and equivalents
Appendix B. SI numerical designations
Appendix C. America's convoluted energy regulatory structure
Appendix D. Countries ranked by primary energy consumption, 2007
Appendix E. U.S. and world primary energy consumption, by source, 1973 and 2008
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.
Author's note
Introduction. The Cardinal Mine : a point of beginning
pt. I. Our quest for power
1. Power tripping 101
2. Happy talk
3. Watt's the big deal? (Power tripping 102)
Sidebar. Power equivalencies of various engines, motors, and appliances, in horsepower (and watts)
1. Wood to coal to oil : the slow pace of energy transitions
5. Coal hard facts
Sidebar. From Pearl Street to EveryGenerator.com : a story of rising power density and falling costs
6. If oil didn't exist, we'd have to invent it
7. Twenty-seven Saudi Arabias per day
pt. II. The myths of "green" energy
8. Myth : wind and solar are "green"
Sidebar. All about power density : a comparison of various energy sources in horsepower (and watts)
9. Myth : wind power reduces CO₂ emissions
10. Myth : Denmark provides an energy model for the United States
11. Myth : T. Boone Pickens has a plan (or a clue)
Sidebar. Bird Kills? What bird kills?
12. Myth : wind power reduces the need for natural gas
13. Myth : going "green" will reduce imports of strategic commodities and create "green" jobs
14. Myth : the United States lags in energy efficiency
15. Myth : the United States can cut CO₂ emissions by 80 percent by 2050, and carbon capture and sequestration can help achieve that goal
16. Myth : taxing carbon dioxide will work
17. Myth : oil is dirty
18. Myth : cellulosic ethanol can scale up and cut U.S. oil imports
19. Myth : electric cars are the next big thing
20. Myth : we can replace coal with wood
pt. III. The power of N2N
21. Why N2N? And why now? (the megatrends favoring natural gas and nuclear)
22. A very short history of American natural gas and regulatory stupidity
Sidebar. Stripper power!
23. It's a gas, gas, gas : welcome to the "gas factory"
Sidebar. Elephant hunting : comparing the Barnett Shale and the East Texas Field
24. America's secret Goggle
25. Gas pains
26. Nuclear goes beyond green
Sidebar. The real story on subsidies
27. A smashing idea for nuclear waste
28. Future nukes
pt. IV. Moving forward
29. Rethinking "green" and a few other suggestions
30. Toward cheap, abundant energy
Appendix A. Units and equivalents
Appendix B. SI numerical designations
Appendix C. America's convoluted energy regulatory structure
Appendix D. Countries ranked by primary energy consumption, 2007
Appendix E. U.S. and world primary energy consumption, by source, 1973 and 2008
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.