Navigating the Energy Maze The Transition to a Sustainable Future /

• Main Authors: Kuhns, Roger James (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Shaw, George H. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Sustainable development.; Management.; Industrial management.; Energy storage.; Energy efficiency.; Energy harvesting.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Sustainable Development.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Energy Storage.; Energy Efficiency.; Energy Harvesting.

This book presents essential information for the development of a comprehensive sustainable energy policy. It examines the diverse types of energy, their resource abundance and the material needs to develop and use them, and how communities and cities can better control their own destinies by locall...

Table of Contents:

• The Energy Maze Introduction
• Overview of Supply and Consumption
• Transportation
• Residential and Commercial (R&C) Sector
• Industry Sector
• Conservation and Efficiency
• Peak Oil and Petroleum Energy Resources
• Coal and Natural Gas
• Oil and Gas Fracking and Tight Shale Resources
• Uranium and Thorium
• Renewable Energy
• The Carbon Dioxide Problem and Solution
• Geoengineering
• Sustainability Mapping and Energy Policy
• Policy proposals
• Summary, Projections and Consequences of the Policy
• Appendices
• Index.