Energy for Future Presidents by Muller, Richard A. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Dedication Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction I ENERGY CATASTROPHES

1 Fukushima

Meltdown Radioactive Release Radioactivity and Death The Denver Dose Bottom Line: What Should We Do?

2 The Gulf Oil Spill

The Deepwater Horizon Accident Damage Iatrogenic Disease

3 Global Warming and Climate Change

A Brief Introduction to Global Warming Tipping Points Local Variability Hurricanes Tornadoes Polar Warming The Hockey Stick Sea Level Rise Assuming It Is a Threat—Can We Stop Global Warming?14 Geoengineering The Global-Warming Controversy

II THE ENERGY LANDSCAPE

Recycled Energy Energy Security 4 The Natural-Gas Windfall

Fracking and Horizontal Drilling Shale Gas Reserves Ocean Methane

5 Liquid Energy Security

Hubbert’s Peak

6 Shale Oil 7 Energy Productivity

Invest for a 17.8% Annual Return, Tax-Free, with No Risk Invest for a 209% Annual Return, Tax-Free, with No Risk Government Energy Productivity Policy Other Great Investments Feel-Good Measures That Don’t Necessarily Work Power Blackouts The Smart Grid

III ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

8 Solar Surge

The Physics of Sunlight Solar Thermal Photovoltaic Cells Solar-Cell Summary

9 Wind 10 Energy Storage

Batteries Bottled Wind: Compressed-Air Energy Storage (CAES) Flywheels Supercapacitors Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Natural Gas

11 The Coming Explosion of Nuclear Power

Blowing Up Cost Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Running Out of Uranium? Fukushima Deaths Nuclear Waste Storage The Coming Nuclear Explosion

12 Fusion

Tokamak NIF, the National Ignition Facility Beam Fusion Muon Fusion Cold Fusion

13 Biofuels

Ethanol from Corn Biodegradable Is Bad? Pseudo-biofuels Ethanol from Cellulose Ethanol from Algae

14 Synfuel and High-Tech Fossil Fuels

Synfuel Coal Bed Methane Coal Bed Gasification Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Oil Sands

15 Alternative Alternatives: Hydrogen, Geothermal, Tidal, and Wave Power

Hydrogen Geothermal Tidal Power Wave Power

16 Electric Automobiles

The Electric Auto Fad Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles Lead-Acid Batteries Recharge Time Effective Miles per Gallon Ordinary Hybrids Battery Challenges

17 Natural-Gas Automobiles 18 Fuel Cells 19 Clean Coal

IV WHAT IS ENERGY?

The Properties of Energy The Meaning of Energy The Beauty of Energy

V ADVICE FOR FUTURE PRESIDENTS

Energy Technology Policy Key Considerations Beware Your Legacy

Notes Credits Index Copyright