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Thank you fossil fuels and good night : the Twenty-First Century's energy transition /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meehan, Gregory, 1954- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Fossil fuels.
Renewable energy sources.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The seven signals heralding an energy transition
  • Fossil fuels : stored solar energy
  • Nuclear energy and the mass defect
  • The power behind renewables
  • The potential and toll of alternative energy sources
  • Technology introduction
  • The power sector
  • Solar
  • Wind
  • Nuclear
  • Advanced energy storage solutions
  • Smart grids
  • Transportation
  • Heat generation
  • Technological readiness
  • Fossil fuel wealth and energy consumption framework
  • The United States
  • Canada
  • Brazil
  • Germany, Norway, Spain, and Italy
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Japan
  • China
  • India
  • South Korea
  • Country roundup
  • Our response to limited resources
  • Global energy price and cost points
  • Energy policy tool kit
  • Four repressive forces on the use of fossil fuels
  • The only path forward departs from the use of fossil fuels
  • Appendix A. Primary energy consumption factor and fossil fuel wealth factor
  • Appendix B. Energy platforms of presidential candidates 1992-2016.