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Contents
List of Figures vii
Preface ix
I. Fossil Fuels 1
Editor’s Introduction 3
1) Bulls and Bears Duel Over
Supply. David Brown. AAPG Explorer 5
2) Oil and Water. David
Helvarg. Popular Science 10
3) Coal Gets Cleaner—and
Better Connected. Patrick A. McGuire. Business Week 18
4) There’s No Recession
Among Roughnecks on Natural-Gas Rigs. Ann Zimmerman. Wall Street
Journal 21
II. Energy Alternatives 25
Editor’s Introduction 27
1) Hype Aside, Renewable
Energy Emerging As Viable Long-Term Energy Industry Business
Opportunity. Will Rowley and John Westwood. Oil & Gas Journal 29
2) Power Harvests. Janet
Raloff. Science News 37
3) Many Switch to Green Power.
Amy Worden. Philadelphia Inquirer 43
4) Sunny Solution. Peter
Fimrite. San Francisco Chronicle 46
5) Soybeans and Corn Power
Their Way into Fuel Options. Laurent Belsie. Christian Science
Monitor 49
6) Micropower: Wave of the
Future. Lucy Chubb. Environmental News Network 52
7) Micropower Goes Macro.
Craig Offman. Wired 54
8) The Energy We Overlook.
Robert U Ayres. World Watch 56
III. The Holy Grails: Nuclear
& Hydrogen 71
Editor’s Introduction 73
1) Nuclear Energy Comes Full
Circle. Charles Wardell. Popular Science 75
2) Beating Global Warming
with Nuclear Power? Christine Laurent. UNESCO Courier 80
3) Managing a Nuclear
Transition. Sam Nunn. Washington Quarterly 86
4) Global Economy Slowly
Cuts Use of Fuels Rich in Carbon. William K. Stevens. New York
Times 92
5) Hydrogen as the Way Toward
Sustainability. Seth Dunn. Humanist 97
IV. Energy and the Global
Environment 105
Editor’s Introduction 107
1) Hooray for the Red,
White, Blue and Green. David Hochschild and Arlie Hochschild. Los
Angeles Times 109
2) A Worldwide Goal of
Clean Energy. Paul R. Epstein and Ross Gelbspan. Boston Globe 112
3) Route to Riches:
Afghanistan. Andy Rowell. Guardian 114
4) The Real Price of Oil.
James Surowiecki. New Yorker 117
5) Nigeria’s Oil
Exploitation Leaves Delta Poisoned, Poor. Douglas Farah. Washington
Post 120
6) Power to the Poor. Economist
124
7) Bringing Power to the
People. Daniel M. Kammen. Environment 129
Appendix 147
Milestones in the History of
Energy & Its Uses. Energy Information Administration, www.eia.doe.gov
149
Bibliography 159
Books 161
Web Sites 163
Additional Periodical Articles
with Abstracts 165
Index 175
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