Energy for the 21st century : a comprehensive guide to conventional and alternative sources

Energy for the 21st century : a comprehensive guide to conventional and alternative sources / Roy L. Nersesian.

List of Tables and Figures: Top world ethanol producers -Contribution of biomass -Employment, productivity and safety -Shareholdersʼ percentage -Employment patterns of jack-ups and semisubmersibles -Historical development of refining processes -Write-up of OPEC reserves -Worldʼs largest oil fields -...

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Main Author: Nersesian, Roy L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2007.
Subjects:
Power resources.
Energy policy.
energy resources.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Energy policy
Power resources
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Are we on Easter Island?
  • Easter Island
  • The Mathematics of Extinction
  • Progress Is Our Most Important Product
  • The Unremitting Rise in Population
  • The Case of Double Exponential Growth
  • A Lesson in Fish
  • From Hunting to Farming
  • Energy Depletion
  • 2. Electricity and the utility industry
  • It Takes Energy to Make Energy
  • Energy for Electricity Generation
  • Enhancing Efficiency in Electricity Generation
  • Early History of Electricity
  • Generating Electricity
  • Generating Electricity Commercially
  • System Operation
  • Methods of Rate Regulation
  • Operating Models of an Era of Deregulation/Liberalization
  • Utility Pools
  • When Demand Exceeds Supply
  • The Real Lesson of California
  • 3. Biomass
  • Yesterdayʼs Fuel
  • Todayʼs Fuel: China, India, Indonesia, Brazil
  • Biomass as a Motor Vehicle Fuel
  • Biomass for Electricity Generation
  • Biogas Tomorrowʼs Fuel
  • 4. Coal
  • The First Energy Crisis
  • The Origin and History of Coal
  • Coal and the Industrial Revolution
  • Coal and Railroads
  • Coal and Steel
  • The Rise and Gall of King Coal
  • Types of Coal
  • Coal Mining
  • Coal Today
  • Role of Coal Among the Major Consumers
  • The Case Against Coal
  • Clean Coal Technologies
  • Eliminating Coal Not So Easy
  • 5. The story of big oil
  • History of Lighting
  • History of Oil
  • Enter John D. Rockefeller
  • Enter Marcus Samuel
  • Spindletop
  • Spindletop and Shell.
  • The Emergence of Oil as a Strategically Vital Commodity
  • The Era of the Seven Sisters
  • Opening Up the Middle East
  • Early Attempts at Oil Price Controls
  • Enter Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
  • Exit the Key Players
  • Shareholders and Stakeholders
  • Development of Saudi Arabiaʼs Oil Fields
  • The Shoes Begin to Fall
  • The Next Shoe to Fall
  • The Birth of OPEC
  • The 1973 Oil Crisis
  • The Era of High Oil Prices
  • The End of the Era of High Oil Prices
  • The Era of Moderate Oil Prices
  • Itʼs Not Oil Prices Any More, Itʼs Oil Security
  • Oil and Diplomacy
  • Oil and Environmentalists
  • Role of Oil Companies After the Oil Crisis
  • A Changing World
  • Are Oil Companiesʼ Margins All That Great?
  • The Future Role of Oil Companies
  • 6. OIL
  • The Earth as an Oil Manufacturer
  • Formation of Oil
  • Oil Exploration
  • Drilling Rights
  • Drilling Equipment
  • Directional Drilling
  • Offshore Drilling Rigs
  • Evaluating a Well
  • Completing a Well
  • Moving the Oil to the Well
  • Maintaining Reservoir Pressure
  • Getting the Oil to a Refinery
  • Tankers and Barges
  • Oil Spills
  • Refining
  • Oil Reserves
  • Are We on the Downward Slippery Slope?
  • Comparison of Major Discoveries versus Consumption
  • Was 2004 a Watershed Year?
  • Synthetic Crude
  • Challenge of Oil: The Automobile
  • Alternative Fueled Vehicles
  • Enhancing Engine Efficiency
  • Internalizing an Externality
  • Is This Politically Acceptable?
  • 7. Natural gas
  • Background
  • Early History of Coal Gas
  • History of Natural Gas
  • The Battle Over Lighting
  • Long Distance Transmission
  • Federal Regulation
  • The War Years
  • Opening Up the Northeast
  • Last Stop Before Total Regulation
  • Unraveling Natural Gas Regulation
  • The Road to Deregulation
  • From Source to Consumer
  • Natural Gas as a Fuel
  • The European Version of Deregulation
  • LPG: Prelude to LNG
  • Liquefied Natural Gas
  • Organizing and Financing the LNG Supply Chain
  • LNG Carriers
  • LNG Pricing
  • The Future of LNG
  • Gas to Liquids (GTL) Technology
  • Methane from Coal
  • Methane from Shale
  • Methane Hydrates
  • 8. Nuclear and hydropower
  • Background
  • What Does a 1,000 Megawatt Plant Mean?
  • Physics of a Nuclear Reactor
  • Nuclear Incidents and Accidents
  • Three Mile Island Incident
  • Chernobyl
  • Weapons Proliferation
  • Disposal of Spent Fuel
  • Commercial Reactors
  • Fusion Power
  • Future of Nuclear Power
  • Hydropower
  • The Saga of the Hoover and the Glen Canyon Dams
  • Aswan High Dam
  • 9. Sustainable energy
  • Meaning of Sustainability
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Wind Energy
  • Objections to Wind Power
  • Evaluating a Potential Site
  • Financial Incentives
  • Small Can Be Beautiful
  • Solar Energy
  • Thermal Solar Energy
  • Photovoltaic Energy
  • Economics of Solar Power
  • Ocean Energy
  • Sustainable Energy and Economic Development
  • A Sustainable Energy Action Plan.
  • 10. Looking toward the future
  • The Hydrogen Economy
  • Hydrogen Stores Electricity
  • Tomorrow's World of Hydrogen
  • Climate
  • Climatic Changes During Recorded History
  • Where is Climate Headed?
  • Carbon Dioxide Conundrum
  • Projecting the Future
  • The Environment
  • The U.S. Clean Air Acts
  • The Montreal Protocol
  • The Kyoto Protocol
  • Efficiency and Conservation
  • Energy Star Program
  • Light Emitting Diodes (LED)
  • CAFE Standards
  • 11. An energy stragety
  • Oil
  • An Unlikely Projection
  • Scarcity Playing Itself Out
  • Increasing Supply
  • Decreasing Demand
  • Internalizing and Externality
  • A Plan to Get Out of the Middle East
  • Pollution
  • We Need Time.

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