Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy: Fifteen Contentious Questions (Paperback)

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
List of Unit Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. ENERGY AND SOCIETY
Question 1. Is Industry the Chief Energy Villain?
Question 2. Is Energy Efficiency a Worthwhile Investment?
Question 3. Should Governments Intervene in Energy Markets?
Part II. ENERGY RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Question 4. Do Conventional Energy Resources Have a Meaningful "Peak"?
Question 5. Is Shale Gas a Bridge to a Clean Energy Future?
Question 6. Can Renewable Electricity Ever Be Mainstreamed?
Question 7. Is the Car of the Future Electric?
Question 8. Can We Sustainably Feed and Fuel the Planet?
Part III. CLIMATE CHANGE
Question 9. Is Mitigation or Adaptation the Best Way to Address Climate Change?
Question 10. Should Geoengineering Be Outlawed?
Question 11. Is Clean Coal an Oxymoron?
Part IV. ENERGY SECURITY AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS
Question 12. Is Nuclear Energy Worth the Risk?
Question 13. Is National Energy Independence Feasible and Desirable?
Question 14. Are We Nearing a Global Energy Crisis?
Question 15. Can Energy Transitions Be Expedited?
Conclusion. Values and Truth, Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy
Index