The energy reader / ed. by L.Nader. - Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. - xxv, 548 p.: ill. - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.541-548. - ISBN 978-1-4051-9983-4  Место хранения:   070 | Институт систем энергетики им. Л.А.Мелентьева CO РАН | Иркутск | Библиотека

Оглавление / Contents

List of Figures ............................................... xii List of Tables ................................................ xiv Preface ........................................................ xv Laura Nader Acknowledgments ................................................ xx Introduction .................................................... 1 Laura Nader, Leticia Cesarino, and Chris Hebdon Part I The Energy Problem ..................................... 17 1 Social Power and the Future ................................. 19 Richard Newbold Adams 2 Energy and the Rise of American Industrial Society .......... 32 Ian Barbour, Harvey Brooks, Sanford Lakoff, and John Opie 3 Energy Transitions in Historical Perspective ................ 45 Martin Melosi Energy in Action 1 Contemplating the Abyss: The Role of Environmental Degradation in the Collapse of Human Societies .............. 61 William Rees 4 Introduction to the Steady-State Economy .................... 65 Herman E. Daly Energy in Action 2 Net-Zero Energy Home Generating an Energy Surplus ........... 84 5 Dimensions of the "People Problem" in Energy Research and "the" Factual Basis of Dispersed Energy Futures ......... 87 Laura Nader and Norman Milleron 6 Red Land and Uranium Mining: How the Search for Energy Is Endangering Indian Tribal Lands ............................ 105 Winona La Duke Energy in Action 3 How Energy Search Challenges Indian Tribal Life ............ 110 Mark Stevens 7 The House that Uranium Built: Perspectives on the Effects of Exposure on Individuals and Community ................... 113 Margaret Amalia Hiesinger 8 Uranium Mining and Milling: Navajo Experiences in the American Southwest ......................................... 132 Barbara Rose Johnston, Susan E. Dawson, and Gary E. Madsen Part II Mind-Sets - a Critical Perspective .................... 147 9 "Introduction," The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth ................................. 149 Charles A. Beard 10 On the Road to Riches ...................................... 162 Henry Ford 11 Energy Strategy: The Road Not Taken? ....................... 166 Amory B. Lovins 12 Barriers to Thinking New About Energy ...................... 198 Laura Nader 13 The Three-Cornered Constellation: Magic, Science and Religion Revisited ......................................... 205 Laura Nader 14 Energy as it Relates to the Quality and Style of Life ...... 219 Laura Nader and Stephen Beckerman 15 Conclusions - Replacing Myths with Maxims: Rethinking the Relationship Between Energy and American Society ........... 246 Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown Part III The Politics of Energy ............................... 265 16 "Prologue," The Politics of Energy ......................... 267 Barry Commoner 17 The Middle East: Geostrategy and Oil ....................... 271 Rashid Khalidi 18 Winning the Oil Endgame .................................... 282 Amory B. Lovins 19 "Introduction," Power Struggle: The 100 Year War Over Electricity ................................................ 287 Richard Rudolph and Scott Ridley 20 The Overcharge in the Light Bill ........................... 290 US Senator Lee Metcalf and Vic Reinemer 21 Human Rights ............................................... 305 Jim Garrison and Pyare Shivpuri Energy in Action 4 Three Mile Island: 30th Anniversary of the Worst Nuclear Accident in US History ..................................... 309 22 The Politics of Energy: Toward a Bottom-Up Approach ........ 313 Laura Nader Energy in Action 5 A New Gang Comes to Los Angeles: Solar-Panel Installers .... 318 Miriam Jordan Part IV Energy Choices ........................................ 321 23 "Introduction," "The Problem of Externalities," and "Coal and Corporate Power" Coal: A Memoir and Critique Duane Lockard Energy in Action 6 Rural Renewal: Small-Town America Looks to Alternative Energy for a Lifeline ...................................... 351 Jennifer Vogel 24 There Was Blood ............................................ 353 Caleb Crain Energy in Action 7 Capitol Climate Action: Mass Civil Disobedience in DC Against Use of Coal at Capitol Hill Power Plant ............ 363 25 Unconventional Crude: Canada's Synthetic-Fuels Boom ........ 368 Elizabeth Kolbert Energy in Action 8 Poop Powers California Cars as Orange County Converts Sewage ..................................................... 377 Alan Ohnsman 26 Nuclear Power: Climate Fix or Folly? ....................... 380 Amory B. Lovins, Imran Sheikh, and Alex Markevich Energy in Action 9 Power Q&A: S. David Freeman ................................ 399 Dave Gilson 27 Solar Possibilities ........................................ 402 Denis Hayes Energy in Action 10 Workers Retrain for Wind-Energy Jobs ....................... 413 Maria Dickerson 28 Cool Communities: Strategies for Heat Island Mitigation and Smog Reduction ......................................... 415 Arthur H. Rosenfeld, Hashem Akbari, Joseph J. Romm, and Melvin Pomerantz Energy in Action 11 First Rosebud Wind Turbine Generates Support: An Interview with Intertribal COUP Secretary Robert Gough ..... 439 Таrа Tidwell 29 Ethanol Production: Energy, Economic, and Environmental Losses ..................................................... 442 David Pimentel, Tad Patzek, and Gerald Cecil Energy in Action 12 Biofuels Do Far More Harm Than Good ........................ 458 George Monbiot Part V Power Shifts ........................................... 461 30 Natural Capitalism ......................................... 463 Paul Hawken Energy in Action 13 With Energy in Focus, Heat Pumps Win Fans .................. 476 Liz Galst 31 An Unstable Concoction of Interests ........................ 479 Tadeusz W. Patzek Energy in Action 14 Shell Dumps Wind, Solar and Hydro Power in Favor of Biofuels ................................................... 481 Tim Webb 32 Ticket to Ride ............................................. 483 Ben Adler Energy in Action 15 Get on the Bus ............................................. 487 Laura C. Dean 33 Selling the Sun ............................................ 488 Michael Behar Energy in Action 16 Eight Energy Suggestions for Obama, from SunEdison's Founder .................................................... 498 Kate Galbraith 34 The Island in the Wind ..................................... 500 Elizabeth Kolbert Energy in Action 17 A Cool Idea ................................................ 514 Elizabeth Kolbert Part VI Energy Choices in a Democratic Society ................ 515 35 The Harder Path - Shifting Gears ........................... 517 Laura Nader Energy in Action 18 The Showhouse that Sustainability Built .................... 535 Barnaby J. Feder 36 Who Shall Decide? .......................................... 538 Laura Nader Index ......................................................... 541