A
Abbott, Tony, 201
Age of Global Warming, The (Darwall), 46
Alaska, xii, 30, 41, 49, 54–55, 157, 240, 242
American Clean Energy and Security bill, 221
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 38
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), 42, 242
Australia, 201
B
Bakken Shale, 33–34, 40, 53–54
Barnett Shale, 32–34
biomass, xv, 78, 83–85, 134, 143, 146, 156, 172, 178, 197–99, 205, 225
Borlaug, Norman, 152–54
BP’s Deepwater Horizon well, 43
Brigham, Bud, 33–35
Britain, 8, 38, 73, 81–82, 100–2, 104, 106, 108–9, 122, 127–29, 133, 139, 141, 173, 190, 194, 196–97, 200, 208–9, 219, 226
Brookes, Warren, 216
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 42
Bush, George W., 43, 54, 60, 169, 176, 184
C
California, xii, 22, 40, 42, 49, 54–59, 180, 208
capital, 6, 39, 62, 65, 109, 125–26, 132, 142, 149, 183
capitalism, 2, 39, 14, 121–22, 142, 164, 176
carbon, xv, 2, 4, 9, 12, 15, 19, 21–22, 45–46, 48, 64, 85, 92–93, 95–97, 107, 124, 136–37, 144–45, 154–57, 171, 174, 189, 191–92, 203, 211–14, 217–22, 226, 237
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology, 218
carbon dioxide (CO2), 4, 9, 12, 15, 19, 21, 48, 64, 77–78, 85, 89–93, 95, 120, 129, 137, 145, 149, 155–57, 161, 171, 191, 195, 198–200, 203, 205, 208, 211–13, 218, 220–22, 226, 237
“carbon footprint,” xi, 18, 45, 155, 205, 229
carbon monoxide, 10, 212, 215–16, 226
Cello Energy, 185
Centers for Disease Control, 217
China, ix, 10, 19, 30, 38, 104, 135, 145, 154, 217, 219, 222–23, 227, 239
Cipolla, Carlo, 100, 103, 106–7
Clark, Gregory, 73, 115, 120, 130, 137, 143
Clean Air Act, 44, 212, 214–16, 221–22
Clean Air Plan, 211
Clean Power Plan, 9–11, 173, 209–11
climate change, 2, 12, 14–15, 17–18, 45, 50, 64, 76–77, 85, 87, 144, 147, 171, 175, 196, 199–201, 209, 211, 229, 232, 238
Climate Change Act of 2008, 171, 196
“Climategate,” 86
Clinton, Bill, 43
coal, ix–x, xii, xiv, 3, 5, 8–11, 22–23, 30–31, 40, 43, 48, 60, 62, 65, 74, 78–80, 82–84, 91–92, 95, 100, 102, 104–5, 107, 109, 111–12, 116, 119–24, 126, 128–35, 138, 140, 146, 166, 169, 172–75, 177–78, 186, 192–93, 195, 197–99, 206–8, 210, 214, 217–19, 234, 236, 238, 241, 244–46
Coal Question, The (Jevons), 135
Coleman, Jack, 49, 240–41, 243
Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, 231
Continental Resources, 34
corn, 23, 46–48, 80, 157, 159–62, 184, 205–7
cotton, 103, 130–31, 157–58, 163
crude oil, 80–83, 130, 160, 207
D
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, 1–2
DeMint, Jim, 178
Devon Energy, 32–33
“doomsayers,” 12–13, 17, 19, 93, 127, 154
Drax, 198–99
Driessen, Paul, 231
drilling, ix–x, xii, 13, 24–25, 29, 32–38, 42–43, 46, 48–50, 54, 57–59, 62, 66–73, 186, 234–36, 238–40, 243–46
Durbin, Richard, 230
E
Eagle Ford shale formation, 55, 174
Edison, Thomas, 1, 88, 104, 132
Ehrlich, Paul, 6, 16–17, 20, 101, 149–50, 154
electricity, xii–xiii, 1–2, 12, 22–23, 25, 39, 46, 48, 56, 63, 65, 73–77, 79–80, 84, 90, 94, 97, 100, 110, 116, 120, 134–35, 143–46, 162, 169–70, 172–75, 177–78, 180–81, 190–93, 195–96, 201, 206–8, 218–19, 223, 225, 230, 246
emissions, xii, 4, 10, 12, 21–22, 44–45, 64, 86, 89–90, 95, 120, 129, 137, 144, 146, 156, 161, 171, 181, 185, 189, 191–92, 195, 198, 200, 203, 205, 208, 211–12, 215–21, 224, 237
energy consumption, 4, 7, 10, 72, 74–76, 91, 104, 126, 164, 171, 226
energy independence, x, 24, 66, 234, 242
England, 4–5, 46, 65, 79, 81, 102–3, 107–10, 112, 114–15, 119–23, 125–26, 128–31, 135, 137–38, 140, 142, 146–47, 152, 173, 208–9
environment, 64, 73, 76, 110–11, 134, 145, 150, 154–55, 160, 162, 173–75, 183–84, 186–87, 190–91, 199, 203, 206–7, 209–10, 213, 215–16, 219, 220–23, 225–27, 229, 236, 241, 246
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), xii, 9, 15, 44, 47, 70, 74, 134, 155–56, 170, 173, 185, 187, 203–4, 208–17, 209, 219–22, 246
Essay on the Principle of Population (Malthus), 101
ethanol, 46–48, 54, 80, 159–61, 168, 178, 184, 205–7, 218
Europe, xv, 12, 20, 64–65, 67, 74, 87, 102, 104–6, 109–12, 114, 120, 129, 146, 154, 161, 170, 172–73, 189–90, 192, 194, 197–201, 207, 210, 234
European Union (EU), 40, 46, 63, 65, 110, 145, 171, 189
exports, 31, 38–40, 160, 227, 238
F
Farewell to Alms, A (Clark), 115, 120, 137, 143
Farris, Floyd, 32
federal land, x, xiii, 9, 26, 37, 41, 43, 49–50, 56, 240, 243–44, 246
Fisker Automotive, 181–82
food supply, 6, 21, 46–47, 101–2, 106, 108, 110, 128, 149–50, 152, 155–56, 158
fossil fuel, ix–x, xiii–xv, 3, 5–8, 10, 12–15, 18–26, 29, 45–48, 59, 61, 65, 70, 72, 74–76, 78–80, 83–85, 89, 91–92, 94–95, 100, 102, 104–5, 107–12, 114, 116–17, 119–37, 140–42, 146, 149, 151, 155, 157–58, 161–66, 173–74, 176, 178, 184, 186, 189, 190, 193, 199, 203, 232, 244, 246–47
anti-fossil fuels, 233–34, 237
economic growth and, 215, 218–19
as a luxury, 222–25
mankind’s footprint and, 205–13
fracking, ix–x, xii, 13, 24, 29, 32–35, 37, 39–40, 43–44, 57, 61–62, 67–70, 72, 176, 239
Francis, Pope, 226
free market, the, 2, 28, 39, 47, 178, 195, 198, 215, 247, 250
G
Gates, Bill, 209
GDP, x, 61, 70, 129, 136, 165, 232–33, 238, 243
geology, geologists, 36–37, 40, 54, 220
Germany, xiii, 46, 64–65, 146, 173, 190–97, 199–201, 206, 208–10
Gilder, George, 58, 125, 131, 139
global warming, xii–xiii, 2, 4, 12, 14–21, 29, 78, 85–86, 97, 116, 122, 146, 154–57, 192, 222, 224, 229
Global Warming Policy Foundation, 146, 192
Goklany, Indur, 6, 127, 138, 146, 224, 250
Google, xiii, 74, 84, 134, 174–76, 182, 209
Gosar, Paul, 179–80
Great Recession, 29, 61, 233, 251
green energy, x, xii, xiv–xv, 3, 8, 11, 14, 18, 23, 25, 48, 55–56, 58–59, 64–65, 77, 80, 96, 144–46, 164–71, 173–78, 181, 184, 186, 190, 192–95, 197–98, 201, 206–7, 232, 236–37
greenhouse gas emissions, xii, 45, 85–86, 90, 95–96, 155, 157, 161, 181, 185, 220–22, 231
green movement, xii, 2, 15, 26, 175
H
Hayek, F. A., 176
Hendricks, Barbara, 199–200
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 187
human progress, 2–3, 6–8, 120, 130, 141
“HydraFrac,” 32
hydraulic fracturing. See fracking
hydrocarbons, 23, 37, 62, 123, 125, 145
I
imports, 27, 29, 40, 43–44, 46–47, 62, 66, 195, 199, 234
India, 19, 111, 135, 144, 150, 154, 219, 225, 227
Industrial Revolution, xiv, 2, 4–5, 7–8, 19, 23, 65, 73–74, 79, 82, 85, 92, 97, 99–101, 103, 106–7, 109–17, 119–24, 128–33, 135–43, 145–47, 151, 153, 155, 197–98, 208, 218
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, An (Smith), 122, 129
“Intended Nationally Determined Contributions” (INDCs), 96
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 12, 85
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 25, 77, 145, 223
International System (SI), 81
IPCC, 12, 17, 19, 85–87, 89–90, 94, 211, 220–21, 224
J
Jackson, Lisa, 214
Jevons, William Stanley, 106, 135
jobs, x, 9–10, 24–25, 29, 38, 47, 50, 54, 58–59, 61–64, 68, 70, 80, 112, 116, 144, 159, 168, 186–87, 201, 214, 217, 232–33, 237–38, 242, 245
K
Kerry, John, 95, 155, 211, 219
Keystone XL pipeline, xiii, 237
Koehler, Bernhard, 182
L
labor, 6, 8, 73, 99, 106, 108, 112, 116, 120, 125–26, 131, 135, 139, 142–43, 186
Left, the, 9, 14, 22, 77, 154–55, 157, 164, 186, 206, 233, 236, 246
life expectancy, 4, 77, 103, 106, 120, 127–29, 143, 237
light, xiv, 2, 4, 23, 73, 75–80, 88, 91–92, 94, 114–15, 120, 123, 131–32, 134, 145, 165, 182, 195, 206, 223, 243
locavorism, 159
M
Malthus, Thomas, 6, 46, 100–2, 125, 140, 150
Malthusians, Neo-Malthusians, 13, 15, 22–23, 46, 66, 100–2, 115, 120, 127, 135, 152, 154, 226, 234, 250
Massachusetts v. EPA, 221
McCloskey, Deirdre, 6–7, 116, 121, 128
metals, 17, 45, 103–4, 111, 124, 130–31
Mexico, 30, 153, 160, 227, 240–41
Middle East, 12, 19, 29, 31, 160, 201
Mill, John Stuart, 6
Mills, Mark, 22, 39, 62, 68, 73–74, 134, 174
minerals, 37, 41, 107, 123–25, 130, 205
Mitchell, George, 32, 35, 40, 47
Mitchell Energy, 32
Musk, Elon, 167–69
N
national debt, the (U.S.), x, 49, 233, 243–44
Nobel Peace Prize, 152
North Dakota, 33, 40, 53–55, 57, 62, 70
nuclear power, xii, 14, 22, 75, 84, 90–91, 134, 162, 172–73, 177–78, 191–93, 197, 206–7, 246
O
Obama, Barack, x, 9–10, 12, 22–23, 29, 38, 41–42, 50, 54, 60, 66–67, 70–71, 87, 94–95, 169, 173, 176, 181–83, 186, 210–11, 213, 218, 224, 233–35, 238, 246
Obama administration, xii, 9, 41, 43, 62, 146, 168, 177, 184, 186–87, 204, 240
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 212
oil, ix–x, xii, xiv, 11–14, 22–24, 28–33, 44, 61–63, 66–67, 71–72, 78, 95, 103–5, 107, 116, 119, 122, 124, 133, 135–36, 161–62, 167, 184–85, 227, 234–47
“Big Oil,” 27
government subsidies, 17–78
as green energy, 48–51
lower prices, 68–70, 169, 173–74, 181, 201
new energy superpower, 38–42
oil deposits, 128
oil leases, 34–37
oil rush, 53–59
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ix–x, 13, 26, 37–39, 51, 69–70, 234, 242, 247
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), 42–43, 49, 241
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), 145
P
Paris Climate Change Conference, 12, 16, 18–19, 50, 95–96, 200, 211, 231
peat, 102, 106, 109, 124, 128, 135
petroleum, 27–28, 30, 32, 37, 42, 57, 61, 104–5, 132, 149, 160, 162, 164, 177, 185, 205, 210, 234, 242
Pew Research Center, 237
photosynthesis, 79, 88, 92–93, 102, 123, 125, 132, 156
plastic, 29, 96, 124, 149, 162, 199
population, xiv, 2–4, 6–8, 17, 42, 47, 90–91, 99–103, 105–6, 108, 110, 115, 120, 126–29, 132, 136–40, 143–44, 147, 149–52, 154–55, 158, 206, 216, 223, 225, 230–31, 246
Population Bomb (Ehrlich), 17, 150
poverty, xiii–xiv, 7, 9, 11, 20, 65, 77, 97, 100, 106, 117, 120, 127, 135–36, 139–44, 146, 161, 166, 196, 200, 225–26, 230, 233
R
Rational Optimist, The (Ridley), 3
RE<C initiative, 174
regulations, xii, 9, 59, 210, 216, 240, 242
renewable energy, xiv, 2, 21–22, 47, 49, 56, 59, 64–67, 75, 83, 97, 110, 134, 144–45, 169–72, 174–76, 178, 181, 185, 192, 197, 200–1, 205, 208–9, 236–37
Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), 46, 160–61, 184
Ridley, Matt, 3, 79, 99, 106–7, 109, 113, 124, 126, 136, 138–39, 223
Romney, Mitt, 182
Russia, ix, 13, 19, 25, 27–31, 40, 70, 195, 200, 227, 234, 239, 247
S
Saudi Arabia, ix, 25, 27–28, 30, 38–39, 42, 49–50, 54, 67–69, 239, 245, 247
Set America Free Act of 2005, 241
shale oil, ix, xiv, 11–13, 16, 22–26, 29, 31–42, 44–49, 51, 53–57, 59–64, 66–69, 72, 133, 136, 147, 160, 173–74, 234, 236, 238, 240–41, 244, 250–51
Simon, Julian, 13, 17, 97, 101, 107, 149, 150, 173, 250
Smil, Vaclav, 82–84, 100, 112–14, 116, 150, 152, 155
Smith, Adam, 39, 122, 125, 129, 140, 142
solar power, x, xiii–xv, 13, 22, 46, 48, 54, 73–75, 78–79, 83–85, 87, 91, 97, 107, 110, 134, 144–45, 162, 168–70, 172–81, 190–91, 193, 195, 197–99, 201, 205–9, 218, 227, 236, 246–47
solar system, 87–89
Solyndra, 47, 169, 181, 184–85
SpaceX, 167
Stanolin Energy, 32
steam engine, xiii, 8, 79, 92, 113, 122, 127, 132–33, 140, 153
steam power, 121–22
subsidies, x, xiii, 11, 13, 38–39, 46–49, 56, 64–66, 70, 75, 91, 110, 144, 167–70, 172–74, 177–81, 184, 190–92, 195–201, 206–7, 211, 226, 236, 246–47
T
taxpayers, x, 11, 42, 47–49, 94, 167–69, 176–83, 185–86, 191, 200, 218, 236, 243, 246
Texas, 12, 32, 34, 36, 40, 49, 54, 55–59, 62, 70, 174, 184, 209, 216, 227, 249
Toxic Release Inventory, 217
U
United Kingdom, the, 110, 171, 190, 196
United Nations (UN), xiii, xv, 12, 20, 85, 144–45, 154, 157, 225
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the, 20
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 159
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), 55
U.S. Department of the Interior, 239–40
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 49, 68, 171
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 40, 54
Utica Shale, 40
W
Wall Street Journal, 16, 18, 38–39, 65, 144, 201
water power, xiv–xv, 16, 20, 32, 39, 43–45, 50, 66, 77, 81, 88, 90, 93, 102, 106, 109, 113–14, 123, 133, 135, 143, 156, 158, 161, 164, 206, 210, 215, 220, 223, 227, 243
waterwheels, 114
weather, 17–18, 69, 79, 87, 95, 102–3, 115, 158, 193–94, 224-25
Williston, 53–54
wind energy, x, xiii–xv, 3, 8, 13, 22, 46, 48, 54, 56, 65, 73–75, 77–78, 80, 83–85, 89, 91, 96–97, 102, 109–10, 113–15, 123, 134, 144–45, 162, 166, 169–70, 172–74, 176–79, 190, 193–201, 205–9, 218, 227, 232, 236, 246
windmills, xiii–xiv, 46, 102, 114, 166, 169, 196, 232
wood, xiv, 8, 46, 65, 75, 78, 80, 82, 84, 92, 102–4, 110–11, 123–24, 129–31, 134, 171, 173, 184, 190, 192, 197–99, 203, 225–26
World Bank, 25, 77, 145, 222–23
World Health Organization (WHO), 217, 223
Wrigley, E. A., 106–7, 114, 119, 121, 123–24, 130, 136, 142
Y
Yadama, Gautami, 225