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Gusher of lies : the dangerous delusions of "energy independence" / Robert Bryce.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : PublicAffairs, c2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781586483210 (hard cover : alk. paper)
  • 1586483218 (hard cover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.790973 22
LOC classification:
  • TJ163.25.U6 B794 2008
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Contents:
Introduction: the persistent delusion -- Imports are us -- The emotional appeal of energy independence -- The false promises of energy independence -- The global energy power shift -- 1972:texas taps out -- 1973:the embargo, militarism, and rhetoric -- September 15, 2004: the non-OPEC peak meets surging demand -- September 27, 2004:the neocon crusade begins -- Skepticism and thermodynamics -- The best buy effect -- More efficiency, more fuel -- The ethanol scam Sidebar:the ethanol timeline -- Running out of (natural) gas -- Nuclear power: megawatts from foreign uranium -- The "opiates of energy policy": coal-to-liquids and imported coal -- Solar: the 1 percent solution -- Hot air Sidebar: Thomas Friedman's Maginot line -- The view from Jubail -- The rise of Dubai and the "Shift in Gravity" -- Isolate Iran? don't count on it -- A few suggestions Sidebar: what about fuel taxes and carbon taxes? -- Conclusion.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección de Tecnología Humanidades (4to. Piso) TJ163.25.U6 B794 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000059632

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-359) and index.

Introduction: the persistent delusion -- Imports are us -- The emotional appeal of energy independence -- The false promises of energy independence -- The global energy power shift -- 1972:texas taps out -- 1973:the embargo, militarism, and rhetoric -- September 15, 2004: the non-OPEC peak meets surging demand -- September 27, 2004:the neocon crusade begins -- Skepticism and thermodynamics -- The best buy effect -- More efficiency, more fuel -- The ethanol scam Sidebar:the ethanol timeline -- Running out of (natural) gas -- Nuclear power: megawatts from foreign uranium -- The "opiates of energy policy": coal-to-liquids and imported coal -- Solar: the 1 percent solution -- Hot air Sidebar: Thomas Friedman's Maginot line -- The view from Jubail -- The rise of Dubai and the "Shift in Gravity" -- Isolate Iran? don't count on it -- A few suggestions Sidebar: what about fuel taxes and carbon taxes? -- Conclusion.

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