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The Dirty Energy Dilemma

Author : Benjamin K. Sovacool
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 031335541X
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Dirty Energy Dilemma written by Benjamin K. Sovacool and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-10-30 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American electric utility system is quietly falling apart. Once taken for granted, the industry has become increasingly unstable, fragmented, unreliable, insecure, inefficient, expensive, and harmful to our environment and public health. According to Sovacool, the fix for this ugly array of problems lies not in nuclear power or clean coal, but in renewable energy systems that produce few harmful byproducts, relieve congestion on the transmission grid, require less maintenance, are not subject to price volatility, and enhance the security of the national energy system from natural catastrophe, terrorist attack, and dependence on supply from hostile and unstable regions of the world. Here arises The Dirty Energy Dilemma: If renewable energy systems deliver such impressive benefits, why are they languishing at the margins of the American energy portfolio? And why does the United States lag so far behind Europe, where conversion to renewable energy systems has already taken off in a big way? Corporate media parrot industry PR that renewable technologies just aren't ready for prime time. But Sovacool marshals extensive field research to show that the only barrier blocking the conversion of a significant proportion of the U.S. energy portfolio to renewables is not technological—the technology is there—but institutional. Public utility commissioners, utility managers, system operators, business owners, and ordinary consumers are hobbled by organizational conservatism, technical incompatibility, legal inertia, weak and inconsistent political incentives, ill-founded prejudices, and apathy. The author argues that significant conversion to technologically proven clean energy systems can happen only if we adopt and implement a whole new set of policies that will target and dismantle the insidious social barriers that are presently blocking decisions that would so obviously benefit society.

The Energy Dilemma

Author : Jared Keen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781583401699
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Energy Dilemma written by Jared Keen and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the energy crisis on a global scale, covering the environmental, social, political, and economic implications of dependence on non-renewable energy sources.

Global Energy Dilemmas

Author : Mike Bradshaw
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 0745650651
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Global Energy Dilemmas written by Mike Bradshaw and published by Polity. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform to a low-carbon, efficient and environmentally harmless energy supply. In this rigorous and illuminating book, Michael Bradshaw explores the key aspects of the current global energy dilemma and examines how it is playing out across the major regions and countries of the world. The book begins by charting the development of the current global energy system - exploring its key characteristics with a focus upon energy security and the relationship between energy, economic development and climate change. The next four chapters offer in-depth analyses of four distinct global energy dilemmas in different parts of the world: the challenge of sustaining affluence and decarbonising energy services in the high-energy economies of the developed world; the legacies of the centrally planned economy and the consequences of liberalisation in the post-socialist world; growing energy demand and emissions growth associated with the emerging regions; and finally, the quest to provide universal access to modern energy services in the developing world in a manner that is both economically and environmentally sustainable. Identifying the governance structures and policy options available to tackle the global energy dilemma, the book concludes that only an integrated approach - sensitive to regional issues - can reconcile the interests and needs of those facing differing energy challenges across the world today.

Understanding the "national Energy Dilemma."

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the "national Energy Dilemma." written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Shale Dilemma

Author : Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 082298301X
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book The Shale Dilemma written by Shanti Gamper-Rabindran and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US shale boom and efforts by other countries to exploit their shale resources could reshape energy and environmental landscapes across the world. But how might those landscapes change? Will countries with significant physical reserves try to exploit them? Will they protect or harm local communities and the global climate? Will the benefits be shared or retained by powerful interests? And how will these decisions be made? The Shale Dilemma brings together experts working at the forefront of shale gas issues on four continents to explain how countries reach their decisions on shale development. Using a common analytical framework, the authors identify both local factors and transnational patterns in the decision-making process. Eight case studies reveal the trade-offs each country makes as it decides whether to pursue, delay, or block development. Those outcomes in turn reflect the nature of a country's political process and the power of interest groups on both sides of the issue. The contributors also ask whether the economic arguments made by the shale industry and its government supporters have overshadowed the concerns of local communities for information on the effects of shale operations, and for tax policies and regulations to ensure broad-based economic development and environmental protection. As an informative and even-handed account, The Shale Dilemma recommends practical steps to help countries reach better, more transparent, and more far-sighted decisions.

The Energy Security Dilemma

Author : David Bernell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136731652
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Energy Security Dilemma written by David Bernell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the energy security of the United States – its ability to obtain reliable, affordable, and sufficient supplies of energy while meeting the goals of achieving environmental sustainability and protecting national security. The economic and national security of the United States is largely dependent upon fossil fuels, especially oil. Without significant changes to current practices and patterns of energy production and use, the domestic and global impacts – security, economic, and environmental – are expected to become worse over the coming decades. Growing US and global energy demands need to be met and the anticipated impacts of climate change must be avoided – all at an affordable price, while avoiding conflict with other nations that have similar goals. Bernell and Simon examine the current and prospective landscape of American energy policy, from tax incentives and mandates at the federal and state level to promote wind and solar power, to support for fracking in the oil and natural gas industries, to foreign policies designed to ensure that markets and cooperative agreements — not armies, navies and rival governments — control the supply and price of energy resources. They look at the variety of energy related challenges facing the United States and argue that public policies designed to enhance energy security have at the same time produced greater insecurity in terms of fostering rising (and potentially unmet) energy needs, national security threats, economic vulnerability, and environmental dangers.

Understanding the "national Energy Dilemma"

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding the "national Energy Dilemma" written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Energy Dilemma

Author : Jessica Gunderson
Publisher : Creative Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9781628329605
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book The Energy Dilemma written by Jessica Gunderson and published by Creative Paperbacks. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth study of energy, examining the effects of fossil fuels and cleaner, more sustainable options, as well as what people can do to limit consumption and further develop alternative energy sources.

Drilling Down

Author : Joseph A. Tainter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441976779
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Drilling Down written by Joseph A. Tainter and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-18 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable? This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover.

Global Energy Dilemmas

Author : Mike Bradshaw
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745679075
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Global Energy Dilemmas written by Mike Bradshaw and published by Polity. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s global energy system faces two major challenges: how to secure the supply of reliable and affordable energy; and how to rapidly transform to a low-carbon, efficient and environmentally harmless energy supply. In this rigorous and illuminating book, Michael Bradshaw explores the key aspects of the current global energy dilemma and examines how it is playing out across the major regions and countries of the world. The book begins by charting the development of the current global energy system - exploring its key characteristics with a focus upon energy security and the relationship between energy, economic development and climate change. The next four chapters offer in-depth analyses of four distinct global energy dilemmas in different parts of the world: the challenge of sustaining affluence and decarbonising energy services in the high-energy economies of the developed world; the legacies of the centrally planned economy and the consequences of liberalisation in the post-socialist world; growing energy demand and emissions growth associated with the emerging regions; and finally, the quest to provide universal access to modern energy services in the developing world in a manner that is both economically and environmentally sustainable. Identifying the governance structures and policy options available to tackle the global energy dilemma, the book concludes that only an integrated approach - sensitive to regional issues - can reconcile the interests and needs of those facing differing energy challenges across the world today.

Perspectives on Energy

Author : Lon C. Ruedisili
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Energy written by Lon C. Ruedisili and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Certain Background Information for Consideration when Evaluating the "national Energy Dilemma".

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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Certain Background Information for Consideration when Evaluating the "national Energy Dilemma". written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Energy

Author : Jesse Seymour Doolittle
Publisher : Matrix Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Energy written by Jesse Seymour Doolittle and published by Matrix Publishers, Incorporated. This book was released on 1982 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nuclear Energy's Dilemma

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Nuclear Energy's Dilemma written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Putting the Genie Back

Author : David Hone
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1787149323
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Putting the Genie Back written by David Hone and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change is one of the most pervasive yet least understood issues of our generation. This book explores the climate issue from its very beginnings through to the end of the 21st Century, looking in depth at the transition challenge we collectively face.

Certain Background Information for Consideration when Evaluating the "national Energy Dilemma"

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Certain Background Information for Consideration when Evaluating the "national Energy Dilemma" written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Atomic Energy and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Energy and Security Nexus

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Energy and Security Nexus written by and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between energy and security has been receiving increasing attention over the last few years. Energy literally drives the global economy. Societies rely on it for everything from advanced medical equipment to heating, cooling, and irrigation. Whether it derives from advanced nuclear reactors in developed nations or simple wood stoves in the developing world, energy is recognized as vital to human welfare. It influences our economic, political, and social policies. Possessing or not possessing sufficient energy determines a state's political and economic power. Competition for energy has been, is, and will be a source of conflict. The choices nation-states make when it comes to energy will have a profound bearing on a wide range of security concerns, from nuclear proliferation to climate change.