Thank You Fossil Fuels and Good Night : The 21st Century's Energy Transition.

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Definition of Energy and Power -- Chapter 1. The Seven Signals Heralding an Energy Transition -- Part I. The Sources of Energy We Draw Upon: Alternative Energies to the Front -- Chapter 2. Fossil Fuels: Stored Solar Energy -- Chapter 3. Nuclear Energy and the Mass Defect -- Chapter 4. The Power behind Renewables -- Chapter 5. The Potential and Toll of Alternative Energy Sources -- Part II. Age-Old Technologies Find Application: Seeds of Innovation, Dormant for Centuries, Are Now Germinating -- Chapter 6. Technology Introduction -- Chapter 7. Solar -- Chapter 8. Wind -- Chapter 9. Nuclear -- Chapter 10. Advanced Energy Storage Solutions -- Chapter 11. Smart Grids -- Chapter 12. Transportation -- Chapter 13. Heat Generation -- Chapter 14. Technological Readiness -- Part III. A Scan of Country Energy Plans: The Globe We Share -- Chapter 15. Fossil Fuel Wealth and Energy Consumption Framework -- Chapter 16. The United States -- Chapter 17. Canada -- Chapter 18. Brazil -- Chapter 19. Germany, Norway, Spain, and Italy -- Chapter 20. Russia -- Chapter 21. Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 22. Japan -- Chapter 23. China -- Chapter 24. India -- Chapter 25. South Korea -- Chapter 26. Country Roundup -- Part IV. History, Inertia, Interventions, and Adaptation: Energy Policy Conundrums -- Chapter 27. Our Response to Limited Resources -- Chapter 28. Global Energy Price and Cost Points -- Chapter 29. Energy Policy Tool Kit -- Chapter 30. Four Repressive Forces on the Use of Fossil Fuels -- Chapter 31. The Only Path Forward Departs from the Use of Fossil Fuels -- Appendix A. Primary Energy Consumption Factor and Fossil Fuel Wealth Factor -- Appendix B. Energy Platforms of Presidential Candidates 1992-2016 -- Selected References -- Index.

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