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Lists of Figures xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
Overview 1
Problems: Fossil Foolishness
Fossil Fuels 9
Fossil Fuels in the United States 10
Coal 14
Natural Gas 16
Oil, Petroleum, and Gasoline 18
Some Conclusions, Simple Truths, and Confusions 25
The Real Costs of Fossil Fuels 29
Bottom Line 30
Fossil Fuel Disasters 31
Growing Acidity of the World's Oceans 33
Acid Rain 36
Smog and Ground-Level Ozone 39
Mercury 41
Other Nasty Stuff 45
Fossil Fuels as Mass Murderers 45
Regulation Is No Remedy 49
Bottom Line 49
Population 51
Population Demographics 52
How Population Growth Will Affect Worldwide Energy Use 55
Bottom Line 56
Global Warming 57
Mr. Gore, Global Warming Is a Symptom, Not the Problem 58
Greenhouse Gases 60
Global Warming and the Media 64
What Are Scientists andAl Gore Saying About Global Warming? 66
More Questionable Evidence for Global Warming 73
The Difficulties and Uncertainties of Modeling Global Climate 82
Solutions? 84
A Real Solution 92
True Believers, Contrarians, Dismayed Skeptics, and the Disinterested 94
Bottom Line 95
Energy Problems Around The World 97
United States 97
European Union 98
China 99
India 103
The World 111
Bottom Line 114
Solutions
Solar Energy 117
Don't Believe the Hype 117
Direct Solar Energy 122
More Light on Solar Energy 129
Solar Energy in the Future 133
The Solar Roadmap, September 2004 133
Bottom Line 136
Wind 137
Wind Basics 138
Wind-Energy Production Worldwide 142
The Future of Wind Power in the United States 144
Don't Get Blown Away 148
Bottom Line 151
Biofuels 153
Ethanol 154
Biodiesel 166
Subsidies 101 170
Bottom Line 173
Other Renewable Energy Sources 175
Dams and Hydro-Electric Power 175
Tides 177
Waves 178
Geothermal Energy 178
Other 180
Bottom Line 180
Nuclear Energy 181
No Other Source: The Nuclear Energy Powerhouse 181
No Other Choice, No Other Option 184
Nuclear Energy Background 186
How Elegant is Nuclear Energy? 188
History of Nuclear Energy in the United States 189
Nuclear Energy Worldwide 195
Nuclear Energy and the Media 196
The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership 203
Bottom Line 208
Concerns About Nuclear Power 211
Radiation 213
Accidents 220
Proliferation and Global Stockpiles of Nuclear Weapons 228
Nuclear Waste Disposal 235
About Uranium 236
Transport of Nuclear Materials 237
Bottom Line 237
Water 239
Grasping the Problem 240
A Survey of Problems 244
What Can Be Done? 249
Bottom Line 251
The Hydrogen Economy 253
Hope and Hype 253
The Low Down 255
A Debate 257
Auto Industry 266
Bottom Line 268
A New Dawn
Transportation 271
Challenges 273
Even Political Favors Cannot Cure Incompetence 277
The Past 282
The Present 286
Future Transportation 289
Foot-Draggers, Resisters, and Opponents 302
Political issues 303
Bottom Line 304
Bridging The Gap 307
False Bridges 310
Canadian Oil Sands 315
U.S. Oil Shale 318
Bottom Line 330
Energy Independence by 2040 331
Use of Nuclear Power Provides Many Benefits 334
About U.S. Electricity 341
How Many Nuclear, Wind, and Solar Power Plants Does the United States (and World) Need and What Will They Cost? 342
A Wise Man Speaks: Dr. Dan Meneley's Presentation in 2006 348
Future Electricity Needs 350
Financial Epiphany: This Plan Is Affordable 350
Implementation 353
July 4, 2040: Energy Independence Day 356
Economic Expectation: Very Good News 357
Bottom Line for the United States and the World 359
Epilogue 361
References 367
Glossary 381
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Eudene Mcdowell
reviewed Beyond Fossil Fools: The Roadmap to Energy Independence by 2040 on May 17, 2016
Beyond Fossil Fools: The Roadmap to Energy Independence by 2040
If it weren't for the whining 40 pages about Al Gore, I would've given this two stars. But the author comes off as a petulant child: "Why can't I have a Nobel prize?" Is never stated, but that's what I read.
His solution: breeder reactors, which are really really safe! (Ahem) "Chernobyl could never happen here." I agree with him in that nuclear power is the only solution. But we are going to have to live with Chernobyl type accidents. Fukushima exclusion zones will dot the earth like chicken pox. If we want an electrical world, that's going to be the cost.
I would've given this two, perhaps three stars for content, but it was the whining tone that gets the one star. If you want what you write to be taken seriously, don't try to sound like Rush Limbaugh.
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