Acknowledgments ............................................... vii
Introduction ................................................... ix
PART I THE MAKING OF OUR ENERGY APPETITE
Chapter 1 After the Banquet .................................... 3
Chapter 2 Whetting the Energy Appetite ........................ 19
Chapter 3 The First Principle of Energy Consumption ........... 39
Chapter 4 The World's Factory ................................. 55
PART II ELUSIVE SOLUTIONS
Chapter 5 Breaking Our Energy Diet ............................ 77
Chapter 6 Price and Value ..................................... 95
Chapter 7 Eating Our Efficiencies ............................ 115
Chapter 8 Complex Carbons .................................... 127
Chapter 9 The Maddening Allure of the First Principle ........ 137
PART III THINKING OUT OF THE BOX
Chapter 10 The Asymmetry Principle ............................ 147
Chapter 11 Beyond Nostalgia ................................... 165
Chapter 12 Conservation 2.0 ................................... 181
Chapter 13 Dissolving Distance ................................ 195
Chapter 14 A Low-Carb, Highly-Scalable Diet ................... 215
Chapter 15 The Energy Health Craze ............................ 229
Epilogue: Leadership on the Commons ........................... 249
Notes ......................................................... 265
Glossary ...................................................... 271
Bibliography .................................................. 279
About the Author .............................................. 289
Index ......................................................... 291
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