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"A stunning piece of work -- perhaps the best single book ever produced about our energy economy and its environmental implications" (Bill McHibbon, The New York Review of Books ). Petroleum is so deeply entrenched in our economy, politics, and daily lives that even modest efforts to phase it out are fought tooth and nail. Companies and governments depend on oil revenues. Developing nations see oil as their only means to industrial success. And the...
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Except for the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaigns, the extensive combat operations in the Middle East during World War I have been largely overlooked in documentary programs. Given the historical significance of the Ottoman Empire's demise in 1918, and the ongoing importance of Middle Eastern oil reserves to Western economies, a close study of this conflict provides two important lessons: 1. The Treaty of Versailles, agreed to by the Western Powers in...
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New York Times bestselling author, former Speaker of the House, and Fox News political analyst and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has a plan for slashing gas prices and reducing our long-term dependence on foreign oil.
Gingrich is famous for taking big, visionary ideas and boiling them down into practical solutions for the American people and in his new book, $2.50 A Gallon: Why Obama Is Wrong and Cheap Gas Is Possible, Gingrich...
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In Keeping the Lights On at America's Nuclear Power Plants, Jeremy Carl and David Fedor discuss the decline of American nuclear power in light of major economic, technological and political challenges. They show how high costs, low public support, and popular clean energy trends threaten America's near- and long-term nuclear viability. American nuclear power plants are closing at a historically unprecedented pace, and there's little evidence of public...
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Prometheus Books
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2011
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Examines American dependence on oil in the early twenty-first century, discussing the consequence of this dependency, and describing how the use of petroleum was introduced to the human civilization and the risks exhausting limited natural resources.
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Por qué la energía renovable será un factor de riqueza extraordinario para la península ibérica.
El modelo energético fósil ha acelerado su decadencia tras la crisis de Ucrania. Hay consenso mundial en la apuesta por las energías renovables como solución clave frente a la emergencia climática, el precio de la luz y la dictadura del gas.
El nuevo sistema energético será predominantemente renovable, incluirá baterías y permitirá electrificar...
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New Society Publishers
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[2008]
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"A sustainability expert goes beyond renewables, calling on us to combat the climate crisis with a new, low-energy way of life. Concerns over climate change and energy depletion are increasing exponentially. Mainstream solutions still assume that some miracle will cure our climate ills without requiring us to change our energy-intensive lifestyle. But switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources isn't enough. We need a Plan C. In response...
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AMACOM
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[2011]
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In the vein of "An Inconvenient Truth," a sobering assessment of our nation's energy policies and a stirring call for change. Dangerous CO2 emissions, massive oil spills, dwindling supplies -- the problems with fossil fuels are driving a long-overdue reassessment of our nation's energy policies. U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney, a renewable energy engineer and the first representative with expertise in energy independence, leads the way to change....
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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In this haunting portrait of America's oil-fueled excesses, director Adolfo Doring explores the inextricable link between the energy we use, the way we run our economy, and the multiplying threats that now confront the environmental health and stability of our planet. Taking as its starting point the inevitable energy depletion scenario known as "Peak Oil," the film surveys a fascinating range of the latest intellectual, political, and scientific...
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Une analyse critique de la gestion et de l'exploitation des sources d'énergie au XXIe siècle.
Chauffage, éclairage, mobilité, alimentation, production de biens et de services... l'énergie est à chaque instant au cœur des activités humaines. Le contrle de sa production, de sa diffusion et de sa distribution est hautement stratégique. Source de conflits, voire de guerres, l'exploitation et la consommation énergétique sont très inégalitaires,...
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This publication focuses on the strategic investment priorities of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the energy sector of Cambodia. It highlights sector performance, priority development constraints, government plans and strategies, and ADB's past and future support. The sector assessment, strategy, and road map is aligned with ADB's Strategy 2030 and will inform its country partnership strategy for Cambodia, 2019–2023, which is currently under...
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After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Gulf monarchies-Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain-went from being among the world's poorest and most isolated places to some of its most ostentatiously wealthy. To maintain support, the ruling sheikhs provide their subjects with boundless cheap energy, unwittingly leading to some of the highest consumption rates on earth. Today, as summertime temperatures set new records,...
17) Bridge to Global Governance: Tackling Climate Change, Energy Distribution, and Nuclear Proliferation
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Humanity stands at a critical crossroads. While our unprecedented interconnectedness and interdependence have made the world a single organism, we lack the system of global governance necessary to effectively address the urgent challenges of the 21st Century. The confluence of climate change, rapidly increasing worldwide demand for energy, and growing threats of nuclear terrorism and war make it critical for the world to develop effective new ways...
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Adani's license to mine 60 million tonnes of coal for 60 years threatens Australia's precious ancient source of groundwater in the Galillee Basin, a vast underground water reservoir, part of the Great Artesian Basin, occupying more than 20% of Australia. How could a company with a globally disastrous reputation for environmental destruction along with a dubious financial status woo an Australian Prime Minister, a State Premier and a handful of regional...
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Este libro explica la reforma energética de 2013-2014 en México, proporciona un análisis de las causas del alza de la gasolina, electricidad y gas, así como de la actual debacle de PEMEX y de la CFE.
Con un lenguaje sencillo, el autor reflexiona sobre el futuro del sector energético y del desarrollo del país, proporcionando una visión integral de los principales aspectos económicos, políticos, jurídicos, históricos y sociales de esta reforma.
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As the world becomes better connected and we grow ever more dependent on technology, the risks to our infrastructure are multiplying. Whether it's a hostile state striking the national grid (like Russia did with Ukraine in 2016) or a freak solar storm, our systems have become so interlinked that if one part goes down the rest topple like dominoes.
In this groundbreaking book, former government minister Oliver Letwin looks ten years into the future...
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