America's energy future : technology and transformation
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Bibliographic Information
America's energy future : technology and transformation
National Academies Press, c2009
Summary ed
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Other responsibility organization: National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council of the National Academies
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Energy production and use touch our lives in countless ways. We are reminded of the cost of energy every time we fill up at the gas pump, pay an electricity bill, or purchase an airline ticket. Energy use also has important indirect impacts, not all of which are reflected in current energy prices: depletion of natural resources, degradation of the environment, and threats to national security arising from a growing dependence on geopolitically unstable regions for some of our energy supplies. These indirect impacts could increase in the future if the demand for energy rises faster than available energy supplies. Our nation's challenge is to develop an energy portfolio that reduces these impacts while providing sufficient and affordable energy supplies to sustain our future economic prosperity.
The United States has enormous economic and intellectual resources that can be brought to bear on these challenges through a sustained national effort in the decades ahead. America's Energy Future is intended to inform the development of wise energy policies by fostering a better understanding of technological options for increasing energy supplies and improving the efficiency of energy use. This summary edition of the book will also be a useful resource for professionals working in the energy industry or involved in advocacy and researchers and academics in energy-related fields of study.
America's Energy Future examines the deployment potential, costs, barriers, and impacts of energy supply and end-use technologies during the next two to three decades, including energy efficiency, alternative transportation fuels, renewable energy, fossil fuel energy, and nuclear energy, as well as technologies for improving the nation's electrical transmission and distribution systems.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Executive Summary
PART 1
1 Context and Challenges
2 Key Findings
3 Key Results from Technology Assessments
APPENDIXES
Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies
Appendix B: Meeting Participants
Appendix C: America's Energy Future Project
Appendix D: Principal Units and Conversion Factors
Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
Index
Table of Contents
- 1 Front Matter
- 2 Executive Summary
- 3 PART 1
- 4 1 Context and Challenges
- 5 2 Key Findings
- 6 3 Key Results from Technology Assessments
- 7 APPENDIXES
- 8 Appendix A: Committee and Staff Biographies
- 9 Appendix B: Meeting Participants
- 10 Appendix C: America's Energy Future Project
- 11 Appendix D: Principal Units and Conversion Factors
- 12 Appendix E: Select Acronyms and Abbreviations
- 13 Index
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