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Recessions, economic, impact of
Regulations
and natural gas
and nuclear power
Reid, Harry
Reinert, Bill
Renewables
electricity generation by other(fig.)
fear motivating the move to, issue of
federal loan guarantees for
happy talk on, purveyors of
history of relying on
media coverage of
and power density
push for more
reliability of, issue with
sources of, transition to, time issue in
See also Biofuels; Geothermal energy; Hydropower; Solar power; Wind power
Repsol
Republicans
view of, toward nuclear power
See also names of specific politicians
Reserves-to-production ratio, for natural gas and oil
Resource intensity, issue of
Resources vs. reserves
Responsibletravel.com
Rhetoric and reality
Rhode Island
Rhodes, Richard
Rich, Paul
Rocky Mountain Institute
Roman Catholic Church
Romania
Romans, the
Romm, Joe
Rove, Karl
Royalty payments
Rumsfeld, Donald
Rural areas, and energy consumption
Russia
coal reserves of(table)
and electricity(fig.)
hydrocarbon reserves of
and natural gas(fig.)
and nuclear power
and nuclear waste
and nuclear weapons
and oil
ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)
Rutledge, David
Rwanda
Rybczynski, Witold
Sakharov, Andrei
Salazar, Ken
San Diego Gas and Electric
Sánchez de Toca Alameda, Melchor
Sandalow, David
Sandia National Laboratory
Santos Basin
Saudi Arabia
carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.)
and electricity(fig.)
myth involving
and oil
ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)
Savannah River National Laboratory
“Saving the Climate for Fun and Profit” (Lovins)
Scale
as imperative
relationship of, to the other imperatives
Schumacher, E. F.
Scientific illiteracy, issue of
Second Iraq War
Securities and Exchange Commission
Self-actualization
Shale gas production
Shale gas revolution
Sharman, Hugh
Shell
Shellenberger, Michael
Sherringham Shoal
SI units, described
Sierra Club
Sierra Leone
Silkwood (movie)
Simmons, Matthew
Slovakia
Smead, Rick
Smil, Vaclav
Smith, Kirk R.
Smith, Mike
Snow. P.
Solar panels, price of, falling
Solar power
in China
and comparing energy output, with other energy sources(fig.)
cost of
energy produced by coal vs.
and federal subsidies(fig.)
footprint of(fig.)
happy talk on
history of relying on
increase in electricity production from
issue with
land-use issues related to
myths involving
power density of(fig.)
and rare earth commodities
reliability of, issue with
SolarReserve
Solid waste production
Soot
Souder, Elizabeth
South Africa(table)
South Carolina
South Dakota
South Korea(table)
South Pars field
South Texas Project(fig.)(fig.)
Southern Company
Spain(fig.)(table)
StatoilHydro
Steam engines
Strategic commodities, reducing the need for importing, myth about
Stripper wells(fig.)
Subsidies, federal
Sudan
Sulfur dioxide(fig.)
Sumatra
Summer generation capacity(fig.)
Sunrise Powerlink
SUVs
Svec
Sweden(fig.)(fig.)
Switchgrass
Switzerland
Syntec
Synthetic Genomics
Syria(fig.)
Taiwan(table)
Tanaka, Nobuo
Tax issues
Taylor, Jerry
Technological advances
Technological disruptions
Tellurium
Tennessee Valley Authority
Terrorism
Tertzakian, Peter
Tesla, Nicola
Texaco
Texas(fig.)
and natural gas
oil fields in
wind power in(fig.)
See also South Texas Project
Texas Railroad Commission
Thailand
Thorium
Three Mile Island nuclear accident
Toshiba
Transmutation
Transocean
Trueman, David
Truman, Harry
Tupi field
Turkey(table)
Turkmenistan(fig.)
Turner, Ted
“Two Cultures, The” (Snow)
Uganda
Ukraine
Ultracapacitors
Unemployment rate
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom (UK)(fig.)
and energy consumption(fig.)
and energy intensity(fig.)
and nuclear power
ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)
See also Britain
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations (UN)
United States (fig.)
ability of, to make huge cuts in emissions by 2050, myth involving
automobile sector in
carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.)
and carbon intensity
coal consumption in
coal reserves of(table)
comparing gas and oil production in
and electricity consumption(fig.)
electricity generation in (fig.)
electricity production from solar, wind, and coal in
electricity rates in(fig.)
and energy consumption(fig.) (fig.)
energy goal for
and energy intensity(fig.)
energy production in, comparing output of, by source(fig.)
and a fusion-fission system
history of natural gas in
hydrocarbon reserves of
as lagging in energy efficiency, myth about
as a leader in supporting the IAEA
as the leader of high-quality energy production
natural gas consumption in
natural gas production in
natural gas reserves of
and natural gas resources
and nuclear power
and nuclear waste
and nuclear weapons
oil and gas companies in
oil consumption in
oil discovery in, important
as an oil exporter
and oil imports
oil stripper wells in, production of
population in, percent of, living in poverty
poverty and unemploymen
t in
power consumption in(fig.)
primary energy mix in (fig. 34)
private ownership of mineral rights in
productivity of gas wells in(fig.)
prospecting in
ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)
and rare earth commodities, need for
solar research in
as a virtual liquefied natural gas exporter
and wood consumption
See also specific states
Unocal
Uranium
Urban areas
Urbanization trend
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U.S. Bureau of Mines
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Congress
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. economy
and the appeal of “green” energy
and cheap energy
efficiency of, improving
recessions in, impact of
and the shift to service-based production
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Geological Society
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. military
U.S. Navy
U.S. Office of Technology Assessment
U.S. Senate
USS Virginia
Utah(fig.)(table)
Valero Energy
Vatican Climate Forest
Venezuela
Vestas
Vietnam
Virginia
Virunga National Park
Voltaire
von Welsbach, Carl Auer
Wald, Matthew
Wall Street Journal
Wärtsilä(photo)
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Waste management
Water
contamination of
demand for
Watt, James
Watts (W), as a measure of power. See also Power entries
Waxman-Markey Act (American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009)
Weather, as a factor in emissions
West Africa
West Virginia
Westinghouse
Wheeler, Charles B.
Whole Earth Discipline (Brand)
Wilderness Society
Wind power
capacity factor of(fig.)
and comparing energy output, with other energy sources(fig.)
construction cost per kilowatt of capacity for(table)
consumption of, in Denmark(fig.)
cost of
and electricity generation(fig.)
energy produced by coal vs.
environmental costs of
and federal subsidies(fig.)
footprint of(fig.)
happy talk on
history of relying on
increase in electricity production from
issue with
land-use issues related to
law enforcement favoritism toward
myths involving
power density of(fig.)
reliability of, issue with
resource intensity of
turbine noise
Wind turbine syndrome
Winning Our Energy Independence (Freeman)
Winning the Oil Endgame (Lovins)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin, Phillips Petroleum Co. v.
Wood
consumption of(fig.)
cost of
energy density of(fig.)
myth involving
See also Biomass
Woodford Shale(table)
Woolsey, James
World Bank
World Energy Outlook
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Heritage Site
World War II,
Wynn, Will
Wyoming
Xcel Energy
Yang, Jing
Yucca Mountain
Zareski, Gordon
Zero-emissions
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a Those suggestions: Get the government the hell out of the energy business; stop obsessing over prices and reduce the number of fuel blends; reject the culture of fear and engage the Arab and Islamic worlds; redefine energy security; accept increasing energy use and adapt to a changing global climate; embrace solar and nuclear; pursue new technologies and efficiency; create the superbattery prize; increase domestic oil production; and embrace natural gas.
b Monty Hoyt, “US Burning Its Way Toward Fuel Crisis,” Christian Science Monitor, June 2, 1971, 1.
c Matt LeTourneau, Chamber communications official, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, personal communication with author, August 12, 2009.
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