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"For more than a century, the interplay between private, investor-owned electric utilities and government regulators has shaped the electric power industry in the United States. Provision of an essential service to largely dependent consumers invited government oversight and ever more sophisticated market intervention. The industry has sought to manage, co-opt, and profit from government regulation. In The Power Brokers, Jeremiah Lambert maps this complex interaction from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Lambert's narrative focuses on seven important industry players: Samuel Insull, the principal industry architect and prime mover; David Lilienthal, chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), who waged a desperate battle for market share; Don Hodel, who presided over the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in its failed attempt to launch a multi-plant nuclear power program; Paul Joskow, the MIT economics professor who foresaw a restructured and competitive electric power industry; Enron's Ken Lay, master of political influence and market-rigging; Amory Lovins, a pioneer proponent of sustainable power; and Jim Rogers, head of Duke Energy, a giant coal-fired utility threatened by decarbonization. Lambert tells how Insull built an empire in a regulatory vacuum, and how the government entered the electricity marketplace by making cheap hydropower available through the TVA. He describes the failed overreach of the BPA, the rise of competitive electricity markets, Enron's market manipulation, Lovins's radical vision of a decentralized industry powered by renewables, and Rogers's remarkable effort to influence cap-and-trade legislation. Lambert shows how the power industry has sought to use regulatory change to preserve or secure market dominance and how rogue players have gamed imperfectly restructured electricity markets. Integrating regulation and competition in this industry has proven a difficult experiment."

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Too rapidly rising carbon taxes or the introduction of subsidies for renewable energies induce owners of fossil fuel reserves to increase their extraction rates for fear of their reserves becoming worthless. Fossil fuel use is thus brought forward. The resulting acceleration of global warming and counter-productivity of well-intended climate policy has been coined the Green Paradox. This volume presents a range of studies extending the basic analysis to allow for clean energy alternatives, dirty energy alternatives, and the intricate strategic issues between different countries on the globe.

Climatic changes --- Nonrenewable natural resources. --- Supply-side economics. --- Government policy. --- Reaganomics --- Non-renewable natural resources --- Exhaustible resources --- Natural resources, Nonrenewable --- Nonrenewable natural resources --- Economic aspects --- Economics --- Production (Economic theory) --- Natural resources --- Supply-side economics --- Government policy --- E-books --- ECONOMICS/Environmental Economics --- ENVIRONMENT/Energy --- ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy

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An examination of how the technical choices, social hierarchies, economic structures, and political dynamics shaped the Soviet nuclear industry leading up to Chernobyl.

Nuclear engineering --- Nuclear industry --- Nuclear power plants --- Nuclear energy --- History --- Research --- Atomic energy --- Atomic power --- Energy, Atomic --- Energy, Nuclear --- Nuclear power --- Power, Atomic --- Power, Nuclear --- Atomic power plants --- Nuclear power stations --- Power plants, Nuclear --- Atomic energy industries --- Atomic industry --- Atomic power industry --- Nuclear energy industry --- Nuclear power industry --- Atomic power engineering --- Force and energy --- Nuclear physics --- Power resources --- Nuclear facilities --- Power-plants --- Antinuclear movement --- Energy industries --- Engineering --- E-books --- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General --- INFORMATION SCIENCE/Technology & Policy --- ENVIRONMENT/Energy

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In Energy at the Crossroads, Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century's crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide to today's complex energy issues -- how to think clearly and logically about what is possible and what is desirable in our energy future.After a century of unprecedented production growth, technical innovation, and expanded consumption, the world faces a number of critical energy challenges arising from unequal resource distribution, changing demand patterns, and environmental limitations. The fundamental message of Energy at the Crossroads is that our dependence on fossil fuels must be reduced not because of any imminent resource shortages but because the widespread burning of oil, coal, and natural gas damages the biosphere and presents increasing economic and security problems as the world relies on more expensive supplies and Middle Eastern crude oil.Smil begins with an overview of the twentieth century's long-term trends and achievements in energy production. He then discusses energy prices, the real cost of energy, and "energy linkages" -- the effect energy issues have on the economy, on quality of life, on the environment, and in wartime. He discusses the pitfalls of forecasting, giving many examples of failed predictions and showing that unexpected events can disprove complex models. And he examines the pros and cons not only of fossil fuels but also of alternative fuels such as hydroenergy, biomass energy, wind power, and solar power. Finally, he considers the future, focusing on what really matters, what works, what is realistic, and which outcomes are most desirable.

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Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows -- ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity -- for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel--driven civilization. Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts -- from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.

Power resources --- Technology and civilization. --- Energy consumption --- #SBIB:93H3 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Consumption of energy --- Energy efficiency --- Fuel consumption --- Fuel efficiency --- Energy conservation --- Civilization and machinery --- Civilization and technology --- Machinery and civilization --- Civilization --- Social history --- Technology --- Energy --- Energy resources --- Power supply --- Natural resources --- Energy harvesting --- Energy industries --- History. --- Social aspects. --- Thematische geschiedenis --- Toegepaste antropologie --- Philosophy --- Technology and civilization --- 331.12 --- 338.013 --- History --- Social aspects --- Geschiedenis van de industrie --- Belang, verdeling en beleid van de natuurlijke rijkdommen. Grondstoffen --- World history --- ENVIRONMENT/Energy --- ENVIRONMENT/General --- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology --- energy policy --- history --- impact study --- social impact --- fossil fuel --- farming system --- систем на земјоделско производство --- orientamento produttivo agricolo --- sistemi i aktivitetit fermer --- systém hospodaření --- systém hospodárenia --- maataloustuotantojärjestelmä --- система на земеделските предприятия --- sistema de exploração agrícola --- sustav poljoprivrednoga gospodarenja --- système d'exploitation agricole --- sistem de exploatare agricolă --- gazdálkodási rendszer --- sistema agrikola --- landbouwbedrijfssysteem --- ustrój rolny --- ūkininkavimo sistema --- sistem kmetovanja --- landwirtschaftliches Betriebssystem --- систем пољопривредне производње --- põllumajandustootmine --- σύστημα γεωργικής εκμετάλλευσης --- lauksaimniecības sistēma --- sistema de explotación agraria --- landbrugsdriftssystem --- indirizzo produttivo dell'azienda agricola --- систем на добра земјоделска практика --- landwirtschaftliches Bewirtschaftungssystem --- земјоделски информативен систем --- систем на органско земјоделско производство --- systém obhospodařování --- земјоделски систем --- degizraktenis --- фосилно гориво --- fjuwil fossili --- fosilní palivo --- fosílne palivo --- iškastinis kuras --- fossiilinen polttoaine --- combustibile fossile --- fossiele brandstof --- fossiilkütus --- fosilno gorivo --- combustibil fosil --- fossilt bränsle --- combustible fósil --- breosla iontaise --- fossiler Brennstoff --- paliwo kopalne --- изкопаемо гориво --- fosszilis tüzelőanyag --- karburant fosil --- ορυκτά καύσιμα --- fossilt brændsel --- combustible fossile --- combustível fóssil --- οργανικά καύσιμα --- ürgkütus --- karburant fossili --- soziale Auswirkungen --- impatto sociale --- társadalmi hatás --- ndikim social --- socialinis poveikis --- sociální dopad --- impact social --- sociálny dosah --- κοινωνικός αντίκτυπος 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hatástanulmány --- analýza dosahu --- Wirkungsstudie --- студија утицаја --- vaikuttavuustutkimus --- impactonderzoek --- изследване на влияние --- ietekmes izpēte --- studio d'impatto --- poveikio tyrimas --- étude d'impact --- студија за влијание --- analýza dopadu --- studim mbi ndikimin --- studija o utjecaju --- analiza wpływu --- konsekvensundersøgelse --- konsekvent-undersökning --- studju tal-impatt --- študija učinkov --- μελέτη επιπτώσεων --- estudio de impacto --- studiu de impact --- estudo de impacto --- konsekvensberegning --- zjišťování účinnosti --- studija o učinku --- konsekvensvurdering --- studie dopadu --- studio d'impatto economico --- impaktstudie --- studie vlivu --- konsekvensundersökning --- оценка на влијанието --- Wirksamkeitsuntersuchung --- História --- ιστορία --- storja --- histori --- historie --- historia --- história --- история --- stair --- geschiedenis --- történettudomány --- povijest --- zgodovina --- histoire --- историја --- 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