Hitting the Wall: A Vision of a Secure Energy Future
Hitting the Wall examines the combination of two intractable energy problems of our age—the peaking of global oil production and the overloading of the atmosphere with greenhouse gases. Both emerge from the overconsumption of fossil fuels and solving one problem helps solve the other. The misinfo...
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| Định dạng: | Sách |
| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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Morgan & Claypool
2012
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | http://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/29867 |
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| Tóm tắt: | Hitting the Wall examines the combination of two intractable energy problems of our age—the
peaking of global oil production and the overloading of the atmosphere with greenhouse gases.
Both emerge from the overconsumption of fossil fuels and solving one problem helps solve the
other. The misinformation campaign about climate change is discussed as is the role that noncarbon
energy solutions can play. There are nine major components in the proposed noncarbon strategy
including energy efficiency and renewable energy. Economics and realistic restraints are considered
and the total carbon reduction by 2030 is evaluated, and the results show that this strategy will
reduce the carbon emission in the United States to be on track to an 80% reduction in 2050. The
prospects for “clean” coal and “acceptable” nuclear are considered, and there is some hope that they
would be used in an interim role. Although there are significant technical challenges to assembling
these new energy systems, the primary difficulty lies in the political arena. A multigenerational
strategy is needed to guide our actions over the next century. Garnering long-term multiadministration
coherent policies to put the elements of any proposed strategy in place, is a relatively rare
occurrence in the United States. More common is the reversal of one policy by the next administration
with counterproductive results. A framework for politically stable action is developed using the
framework of “energy tribes” where all the disparate voices in the energy debate are included and
considered in a “messy process.” This book provides hope that our descendants in the next century
will live in a world that would be familiar to us. This can only be achieved if the United States plays
an active leadership role in maintaining climatic balance. |
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