Our Renewable Future by Heinberg, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover About Island Press Title Page Copyright Contents List of Figures and Table Acknowledgments Introduction

How “Normal” Came to Be Why a Renewable World Will Be Different Overview of This Book

Part I. The Context: It’s All About Energy

Chapter 1: Energy 101

What Is Energy? The Basics of the Basics Laws of Thermodynamics Net Energy Life Cycle Impacts Operational versus Embodied Energy Energy Resource Criteria

Chapter 2: A Quick Look at Our Current Energy System

Growth Energy Rich, Energy Poor Energy Resources End Use

Part II. Energy Supply in a Renewable World: Opportunities and Challenges

Price Is Less of a Barrier Intermittency Storage Grid Redesign Demand Management Capacity Redundancy Scaling Challenges Lessons from Spain and Germany Pushback against Wind and Solar

Chapter 4: Transportation: The Substitution Challenge

Electrification Biofuels Hydrogen Natural Gas Sails and Kites Summary: A Less Mobile All-Renewable Future

Chapter 5: Other Uses of Fossil Fuels: The Substitution Challenge Continues

High-Temperature Heat for Industrial Processes Low-Temperature Heat Fossil Fuels for Plastics, Chemicals, and Other Materials Summary: Where’s Our Stuff?

Chapter 6: Energy Supply: How Much Will We Have? How Much Will We Need?

Energy Returned on Energy Invested of Renewables Building Solar and Wind with Solar and Wind Investment Requirements The Efficiency Opportunity: We May Not Need as Much Energy Energy Intensity The Role of Curtailment and the Problem of Economic Growth

Chapter 7: What About . . . ?

Nuclear Power Carbon Capture and Storage Massive Technology Improvements

Part III. Preparing for Our Renewable Future

Chapter 8: Energy and Justice

Chapter 9: What Government Can Do

Chapter 10: What We the People Can Do

Individuals and Households Communities Climate and Environmental Groups, and Their Funders

Chapter 11: What We Learned

We Really Need a Plan; No, Lots of Them Scale Is the Biggest Challenge It’s Not All About Solar and Wind We Must Begin Preadapting to Having Less Energy Consumerism Is a Problem, Not a Solution Population Growth Makes Everything Harder Fossil Fuels Are Too Valuable to Allocate Solely by the Market Everything Is Connected This Really Does Change Everything

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