Authors: Robert Bryce
Power Hungry (67 page)
oil reserves of
See also
Second Iraq War
Second Iraq War
Israel(fig.)
Israel, Laura
Italy(fig.)(table)
Jakuba, Stan
Jamaica
Japan(fig.)
and carbon dioxide emissions
and electricity(fig.)
and energy consumption(fig.)
and energy intensity(fig.)
and natural gas
nuclear attacks on
and nuclear power
and nuclear waste
ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)
Japan Steel Works
Jevons Paradox
Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements, The
(Polimeni)
(Polimeni)
Jevons, William Stanley
Jobs
“green,”
and the oil and gas industry
John Birch Society
Johnson Controls
Johnson, Lyndon
Joiner, Columbus Marion (“Dad”)
Jones, Jerry
Joule, James Prescott
Joules (J), as a measure of energy
Joy Mining Machinery
Kansas
Kazakhstan
Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.
Kentucky(fig.)(table)
Kerosene
Kerry, John
Khosla, Vinod
Kitimat LNG
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Knowles, Ruth Sheldon
Knudson, Tom
Kreider, Jan
Krupp, Fred
Kunstler, James
Kyoto Protocol
Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
Laks, Dan
Land required.
See
Real-estate footprint
See
Real-estate footprint
Lang, Peter
Lanthanides (fig.)
Laos
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawyers vs. engineers
Lay, Ken
Lead
League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
Lee, Rob
Lightbridge Corporation
Lilienthal, David
Lindzen, Richard
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Lithium
Live Earth
Long Emergency, The
(Kunstler)
(Kunstler)
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Louisiana
Lovelock, James
Lovins, Amory
Lustgarten, Abrahm
Mahajan, Swadesh
Malaysia
Manhattan Project
Marcellus Shale
Marchetti, Cesare
Marsa-Ursa offshore oilfield(fig.)
Maslow, Abraham
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mathematical skills, lack of
McCain, John
McCarthy, Joe
McClendon, Aubrey
McDermott International
Megatrends, key
Mencken. H. L.
Mercury
Methane
abundant supplies of
See also
Greenhouse gases; Natural gas
Greenhouse gases; Natural gas
Methane economy
Mexico(fig.)(table)(fig.)
Mexico, Gulf of(fig.)
Middle East
Midgley, Thomas
Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
Milford Wind Corridor
Mills, Mark
Mineral rights
Missouri(table)
Mitchell, George
Mitsubishi
Mixed oxide fuel (MOX)
Molycorp Minerals
Montefiore, Hugh
Moore, Michael
Moore, Patrick
Morales, Evo
Motors, power equivalencies of various
Mountaintop-removal mining, banning, call for
Muir, Robert
Mullers, Richard
Municipal solid waste(fig.)
Myths, debunking, importance of
N2N
defined
embracing, importance of
megatrends favoring
and other suggestions
See also
Natural gas; Nuclear power
Natural gas; Nuclear power
N2N Plan
Nagasaki
Nakicenovic, Nebosa
National Academy of Sciences
National Audubon Society
National Mathematics Advisory Panel
National Science Foundation
National security issues
Native Americans
NativeEnergy
Natural gas
capacity factor of(fig.)
carbon dioxide emissions of
comparing energy output of, with other energy sources(fig.)
and comparing resources to reserves
competing with coal
consumption of(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)
deeper drilling for
and electricity generation(fig.) (fig.)
emulating policies involving
environmental costs of
and federal subsidies(fig.)
footprint of(fig.)
globalization of
happy talk on
measuring and selling, ways of
myth involving
as non-polluting
peak, concern over, addressing
and the Pickens Plan
power density of(fig.)
price of
production of
promoting
recoverable, estimated
reliability of
reserves of
resource intensity of(fig.)
resources for
share of, in the primary energy mix (figs. 33, 34)
See also under specific countries
Natural gas industry
“Natural Gas Market Review 2009” (IEA)
Natural gas plants, operating costs of
Natural Gas Policy Act
Natural gas regulations
Natural gas shortages, misinformation about
Natural gas to nuclear.
See
N2N
See
N2N
Natural Gas Vehicles for America
Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) (fig.)
Natural gas wells, U.S., average productivity of(fig.)
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature Conservancy
Navigant Consulting(fig.)
“Need for Nuclear Power, The” (Beller)
Neiman, Bill
Neodymium (fig.)
Netherlands(table)(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)(fig.)
Neurotoxins, emissions of, issue of
Nevada
New Albany Shale(table)
New Mexico(table)
New York Regional Interconnect
New York State
New Zealand
Nigeria
NIMBY (not in my backyard) attitude
Nitrogen dioxide(fig.)
Nitrogen oxides
Nixon administration
Nordhaus, Ted
No-regrets policy
North Africa
North Dakota(table)
North Korea(fig.)
Norway
and carbon capture and sequestration
electricity consumption in
and energy consumption(fig.)
and energy intensity(fig.)
hydropower utilization in
and nuclear power
and wind power
Nuclear capacity
Nuclear consumption(fig.)(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)
Nuclear power
as beyond green
capacity factor of(fig.)
and comparing energy output, with other energy sources(fig.)
daily global commercial use of
and electricity generation(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)
environmental costs of
and federal subsidies(fig.)
footprint of(fig.)
as a fuel of the future
as non-polluting
power density of(fig.)
promoting
reliability of
resource intensity of(fig.)
share of, in the primary energy mix (figs. 33, 34)
transition to renewable energy and, timeframe for
See also under specific countries
Nuclear power plants
Nuclear reactors
Nuclear regulation
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Nuclear waste, addressing
Nuclear Waste Policy Act
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear-focused national laboratories
NuScale Power
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Obama administration
Obama, Barack
Obama, Michelle
Obiang, Teodoro
Obiang, Teodoro Nguema
Office of Vehicle Technologies
Ohio(table)
Oil
comparing energy output of, with other energy sources(fig.)
deeper drilling for
as dirty, myth about
and electricity generation(fig.) (fig.)
as energy and power
environmental costs of
essentiality of
footprint of(fig.)
foreign, need for, vocal denouncer of
global market for, myth involving
high energy density of
issues surrounding
measuring and selling, ways of
ongoing transition away from, challenge in the
peak, concern over, addressing
power density of(fig.)
share of, in the primary energy mix (figs. 33, 34)
transition to, pace of the
Oil and gas industry
Oil consumption
continued decline in
and GDP, correlation between (fig.)
global(fig.)(fig.)
increase in
promoting, reason for
time span reflecting(fig.)
See also under specific countries
Oil embargo
Oil, Gas & Government
(Bradley Jr.)
(Bradley Jr.)
Oil imports
Oil prices
Oil production
and corruption
encouraging
global(fig.)
leaders in
from stripper wells(fig.)
Oil refining
Oil reserves
Oil spills
Oklahoma(fig.)
O'Leary, John
Oman
Oregon
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Oswald, James
Pachauri, Rajendra
PacifiCorp
Pakistan(fig.)
carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.)
and electricity(fig.)
and energy consumption(fig.)
and energy intensity(fig.)
and energy poverty
and nuclear power
and nuclear weapons
power consumption in(fig.)
Paradoxes
Parker Drilling
Party's Over, The
(Heinberg)
(Heinberg)
Pasternak, Alan
Patzek, Tad
Peabody Energy
Peak coal
Peak gas
Peak oil
Pelosi, Nancy
Pennsylvania
Pérez Alfonso, Juan Pablo
Periodic Table, the(fig.)
Perry, Rick
Peru
Peterson, Per
Petrobas
PetroChina
Petroleum.
See
Oil
See
Oil
Petroleum gas, liquefied (LPG)
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin
Physics for Future Presidents
(Muller)
(Muller)
Pickens Plan
Pickens, T. Boone
Pielke, Roger, Jr.
Pitts, Frank
Plutonium
Poland
Polimeni, John
Political extremes, avoiding, importance of
Pollution
Population growth
Population size, largest, countries with the, and energy consumption
Potential Gas Committee
Poverty rates, U.S.
Power
defining
differentiating between energy and
hunger for
See also specific type of power
Power consumption, global (fig.)
Power density
of cellulosic ethanol
comparing, of various fuels(fig.)
defining
evolution of
as imperative
and the issue with wind, solar, and biofuels
of nuclear reactors
of oil
of stripper wells
of wood
Power equivalencies
Power metrics, described
Power stations, central, history of
Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
Praseodymium(fig.)
Presidential primary system, reform needed in
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Price, Asher
Price controls, on natural gas
Price shocks
Prindle, David
Propane
Public Citizen
Public opinion
Puerto Rico
Qatar(fig.)
Quicksilver Resources
R3 Sciences
Railroads, impact of
Ramesh, Jairam
Rare earth commodities
Raymond, Lee
Reagan administration
Real-estate footprint(fig.)
Recessions, economic, impact of
Regulations
and natural gas
and nuclear power
Reid, Harry
Reinert, Bill
Renewables
electricity generation by other(fig.)
fear motivating the move to, issue of
federal loan guarantees for
happy talk on, purveyors of
history of relying on
media coverage of
and power density
push for more
reliability of, issue with
sources of, transition to, time issue in
See also
Biofuels; Geothermal energy; Hydropower; Solar power; Wind power
Biofuels; Geothermal energy; Hydropower; Solar power; Wind power
Repsol
Republicans
view of, toward nuclear power
See also names of specific politicians
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