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Foreword Douglas R. Tompkins ix
Introduction Richard Heinberg xiii
Part 1 A Deeper Look at the Energy Picture
Introduction: Energy Literacy 3
Part 2 The Predicament
Introduction: Energy, Nature, and the Eco-Social Crisis 25
Five Carbon Pools Wes Jackson 27
Faustian Economics: Hell Hath No Limits Wendell Berry 33
Life-Affirming Beauty Sandra B. Lubarsky 43
Our Global Ponzi Economy Lester R. Brown 47
Coal: The Greatest Threat to Civilization James Hansen 51
The View from Oil's Peak Richard Heinberg 55
Energy Return on Investment Charles A. S. Hall 62
Alternative Energy Challenges David Fridley 69
When Risk Assessment Is Risky: Predicting the Effects of Technology David Ehrenfeld 77
Malevolent and Malignant Threats R. James Woolsey 84
Progress vs. Apocalypse: The Stories We Tell Ourselves John Michael Greer 95
Part 3 The Landscape of Energy
Introduction: A Tour of the Energy Terrain David Murphy 105
The Landscape of Energy 107
Part 4 False Solutions
Introduction: False Solutions to the Energy Challenge 153
Drill Baby Drill: Why It Won't Work for Long-Term Energy Sustainability David Hughes 155
Nuclear Power and the Earth Richard Bell 163
The False Promise of "Clean" Coal Jeff Goodell 171
The Whole Fracking Enchilada Sandra Steingraber 175
River Killers: The False Solution of Megadams Juan Pablo Orrego 179
Bioenergy: A Disaster for Biodiversity, Health, and Human Rights Rachel Smolker 186
Oil Shale Development: Looming Threat to Western Wildlands George Wuerthner 193
Gas Hydrates: A Dangerously Large Source of Unconventional Hydrocarbons George Wuerthner 197
Regulatory Illusion Brian L. Horejsi 201
Retooling the Planet: The False Promise of Geoengineering ETC Group 206
Part 5 Under Attack
Introduction: Onslaught of the Energy Machine 217
Will Drilling Spell the End of a Quintessential American Landscape? Erik Molvar 219
Backing the Front: Fighting Oil and Gas Development in Montana's Rocky Mountain Front Gloria Flora 226
Tar Sands, Pipelines, and the Threat to First Nations Winona LaDuke Martin Curry 241
Sweet and Sour: The Curse of Oil in the Niger Delta Michael Watts 247
Outsourcing Pollution and Energy-Intensive Production Vandana Shiva 256
Part 6 Depowering Destruction
Introduction: Toward an Energy Economy as if Nature Mattered 265
The Case for Conservation Richard Heinberg 267
Reinventing Fire Amory B. Lovins 274
Cap the Grid Robert E. King 284
Protected Areas: Foundation of a Better Future Relationship with Energy Harvey Locke 292
Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming Bill McKibben 297
Distributed Renewable Generation: Why It Should Be the Centerpiece of U.S. Energy Policy Sheila Bowers Bill Powers 303
No Ecological Sustainability without Limits to Growth Philip Cafaro 310
Part 7 What We're for
What We're For 321
Afterword: Places Where the Wind Carries the Ashes of Ancestors Lisi Krall 331
Acknowledgments 335
Credits 336
Contributors 337
Endnotes 345
Index 359
Editors 365
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