List of books about energy issues - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This is a list of books about energy issues:

Title	Author(s)	Year
Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility , a 2006 book by Christopher A. Simon, discusses the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy...	Christopher A. Simon	2006
Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future is a book by Jeff Goodell which claims that coal mining is one of America's largest and most influential industries...	Jeff Goodell Jeff Goodell Jeff Goodell is an American author and contributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine. Goodell's recent writings focus on energy and environmental issues. In 2006 he published his most popular book to date Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future...	2006
Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security Brittle Power Brittle Power: Energy Strategy for National Security is a 1982 book by Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, prepared originally as a Pentagon study, and re-released in 2001 following the September 11 attacks. The book argues that U.S. domestic energy infrastructure is very vulnerable to...	Amory Lovins Amory Lovins Amory Bloch Lovins is an American environmental scientist and writer, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades...	1982
The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era The Carbon War: Global Warming and the End of the Oil Era is a book by former oil geologist Jeremy Leggett about global warming.- Media :* -- reviewed by Elizabeth Vandermark -- The American Institute of Architects- External links :*...	Jeremy Leggett Jeremy Leggett Jeremy Leggett, a geologist by training, began his career as a consultant for the oil industry, while teaching at the Royal School of Mines . His research on earth history was funded by oil companies BP and Shell,among others...	1999
Canada’s Deadly Secret: Saskatchewan Uranium and the Global Nuclear System Canada's Deadly Secret Canada’s Deadly Secret: Saskatchewan Uranium and the Global Nuclear System is a 2007 book by Jim Harding which chronicles the struggle over Saskatchewan’s uranium mining, and demonstrates the negative impacts on Aboriginal rights and environmental health, and the effect of free trade...	Jim Harding	2007
The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity The Clean Tech Revolution The Clean Tech Revolution is a 2007 book by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, who say that commercializing clean technologies is a profitable enterprise that is moving steadily into mainstream business...	Ron Pernick Ron Pernick Ron Pernick, co-author of The Clean Tech Revolution and co-founder and principal of Clean Edge, is "an accomplished market research, publishing, and business development entrepreneur with two decades of high-tech experience"... and Clint Wilder Clint Wilder Clint Wilder is a veteran business and technology journalist who won the 2002 American Society of Business Publications Editors award for best feature series. He is also co-author of The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity, published in June 2007, which has been...	2007
Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)Order Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World (Dis)Order Crude Interventions: The United States, Oil and the New World Order is a 2006 book written by independent journalist Garry Leech. It was published in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan. Outside of the United States, it was published by Zed Books Ltd. Crude Interventions examines relevant...	Garry Leech Garry Leech Garry Leech is a British-born American independent journalist, author and editor of the online publication Colombia Journal, which analyzes U.S. foreign policy in Colombia...	2006
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World The End of Oil The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World is a non-fiction book by American journalist and author Paul Roberts. Published in 2004, it is Roberts' book-length debut...	Paul Roberts Paul Roberts Paul Roberts is an English singer who was the lead singer of The Stranglers between 1990 and 2006.-The Stranglers:...	2004
Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths Energy and American Society Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths is a 2007 book about energy security and climate change, edited by Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown...	Benjamin K. Sovacool Benjamin K. Sovacool Benjamin K. Sovacool is a Visiting Associate Professor at Vermont Law School and founding Director of the Energy Justice Program at their Institute for Energy and Environment. He was formerly an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore.Sovacool's research... and Marilyn A. Brown Marilyn A. Brown Marilyn A. Brown is an American geographer on the faculty of the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy and the Tennessee Valley Authority board. She previously worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she held several leadership... (editors)	2007
Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy Energy Autonomy Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social & Technological Case for Renewable Energy is a 2007 book written by Hermann Scheer.For 200 years industrial civilization has relied on the combustion of abundant and cheap fossil fuels. But continued reliance has had some adverse social and environmental...	Hermann Scheer Hermann Scheer Hermann Scheer was a Social Democrat member of the German Bundestag , President of Eurosolar and General Chairman of the World Council for Renewable Energy...	2007
Energy Technology Perspectives Energy Technology Perspectives Energy Technology Perspectives is a biennial publication of the International Energy Agency, subtitled "In support of the G8 Plan of Action". This refers to the G-8's 2005 request for advice from the IEA regarding issues such as how to achieve a 50% reduction in global emissions by 2050.ETP first...	International Energy Agency International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis...	biennial
Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil Energy Victory Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil is a 2007 book by Robert Zubrin. Zubrin's central argument is that the decisive front in the War on Terror is America's struggle for energy independence...	Robert Zubrin Robert Zubrin Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer and author, best known for his advocacy of the manned exploration of Mars. He was the driving force behind Mars Direct—a proposal intended to produce significant reductions in the cost and complexity of such a mission...	2007
Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints (2002) Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints (2002) Global Warming: Opposing Viewpoints is a book, in the Opposing Viewpoints Series, presenting selections of contrasting viewpoints on questions about global warming: does it pose a serious threat; what causes it; what will its effects be; and should measures be taken to combat it? It was edited by...	James Haley James Haley James Haley may refer to:* James A. Haley , U.S. Representative from Florida* James L. Haley, American author of Texas history and fiction* J. Evetts Haley , American political activist, historian and author...	2002
Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy is a 2007 book by Australian academic Mark Diesendorf. The book puts forward a setof policies and strategies for implementing the most promising clean energy technologies by all spheres of government, business and community organisations...	Mark Diesendorf Mark Diesendorf Mark Diesendorf teaches Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He was formerly Professor of Environmental Science at...	2007
Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence is a book by Robert Bryce which was released in 2008 and is published by PublicAffairs.-Synopsis:...	Robert Bryce	2008
Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis Half Gone: Oil, Gas, Hot Air and the Global Energy Crisis is a book by former oil geologist Jeremy Leggett about both oil depletion and global warming.- Media :* -- Julie Wheelwright -- The Independent 08 December 2005...	Jeremy Leggett Jeremy Leggett Jeremy Leggett, a geologist by training, began his career as a consultant for the oil industry, while teaching at the Royal School of Mines . His research on earth history was funded by oil companies BP and Shell,among others...	2005
The History of the Standard Oil Company The History of the Standard Oil Company The History of the Standard Oil Company is a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell in 1904. It was an exposé of the Standard Oil Company, run at that time by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in America's history...	Ida M. Tarbell Ida M. Tarbell Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies...	1904
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--And How It Can Renew America Hot, Flat, and Crowded Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution—And How It Can Renew America is a book by New York Times Foreign Affairs columnist Thomas Friedman, proposing that the solutions to global warming and the best method to regain the United States' economic and political stature in the world is...	Thomas L. Friedman	2008
The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate The Hype about Hydrogen The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate is a book by Joseph J. Romm, published in 2004 by Island Press and updated in 2005. The book has been translated into German as Der Wasserstoff-Boom...	Joseph J. Romm Joseph J. Romm Joseph J. Romm is an American author, blogger, physicist and climate expert who concentrates on methods of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming and increasing energy security through energy efficiency, green energy technologies and green transportation technologies...	2004
Licensed to Kill? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Shoreham Power Plant Licensed to Kill? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Shoreham Power Plant Licensed to Kill? The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Shoreham Power Plant, a 1998 book by Joan Aron, presents the first detailed case study of how an activist public and elected officials of New York state opposed the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island...	Joan Aron	1998
The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century The Long Emergency The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-first Century is a book by James Howard Kunstler exploring the consequences of a world oil production peak, coinciding with the forces of climate change, resurgent diseases, water scarcity, global economic instability and...	James Howard Kunstler James Howard Kunstler James Howard Kunstler is an American author, social critic, public speaker, and blogger. He is best known for his books The Geography of Nowhere , a history of American suburbia and urban development, and the more recent The Long Emergency , where he argues that declining oil production is likely...	2005
Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System Nuclear Implosions: The Rise and Fall of the Washington Public Power Supply System is a 2008 book by Daniel Pope, a history professor at the University of Oregon, which traces the history of the Washington Public Power Supply System, a public agency which undertook to build five large nuclear power...	Daniel Pope	2008
Nuclear Nebraska: The Remarkable Story of the Little County That Couldn’t Be Bought Nuclear Nebraska Nuclear Nebraska: The Remarkable Story of the Little County That Couldn’t Be Bought is a 2007 book by Susan Cragin which follows the controversy about a proposed low level nuclear waste dump which was planned for Boyd County, Nebraska....	Susan Cragin	2007
Nuclear or Not? Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future? Nuclear or Not? Nuclear or Not? Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future? is a 2007 book edited by Professor David Elliott. The book offers various views and perspectives on nuclear power...	David Elliott David Elliott (professor) David Elliott is Professor of Technology Policy at the Open University. He has created several courses in Design and Innovation, with special emphasis on how the innovation development process can be directed towards sustainable technologies...	2007
Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil is a 2004 book written by David Goodstein. It describes peak oil and the future of civilization.-Synopsis:...	David Goodstein David Goodstein David L. Goodstein is a U.S. physicist and educator. From 1988 to 2007 he served as Vice-provost of the California Institute of Technology , where he is also a professor of physics and applied physics, as well as the Frank J...	2004
Outlook On Renewable Energy In America Outlook On Renewable Energy In America The Outlook On Renewable Energy In America is a comprehensive two volume report, published in 2007 by The American Council on Renewable Energy , about the future of renewable energy in the United States...	American Council on Renewable Energy American Council on Renewable Energy The American Council On Renewable Energy is focused on accelerating the adoption of renewable energy technologies into the mainstream of American society...	2007
The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, by Richard Heinberg , is an introduction to the concept of peak oil and petroleum depletion....	Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on energy, economic, and ecological issues, including oil depletion. He is the author of ten books...	2003
Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate Plows, Plagues and Petroleum Plows, Plagues and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate is a 2005 book published by Princeton University Press and written by William Ruddiman, a paleoclimatologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. He has authored and co-authored several different books and academic...	William Ruddiman William Ruddiman William F. Ruddiman is a palaeoclimatologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. Ruddiman earned an undergraduate degree in geology in 1964 at Williams College, and a Ph.D. in marine geology from Columbia University in 1969. Ruddiman worked at the US Naval Oceanographic Office...	2005
Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World is a 2004 book by Richard Heinberg in which Heinberg discusses peak Oil and its attendant implications for the global economy...	Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on energy, economic, and ecological issues, including oil depletion. He is the author of ten books...	2004
Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future is a book by Robert Bryce about energy, mainly from a United States perspective.It was published in 2010 by PublicAffairs...	Robert Bryce	2010
Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy	Gwyneth Cravens Gwyneth Cravens Gwyneth Cravens is an American novelist and journalist. To date, she has published five novels. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The New Yorker, where she also worked as a fiction editor, and in Harper’s Magazine, where she was an associate editor...	2007
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option Reaction Time (book) Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option is a book by Professor Ian Lowe which was officially launched by science broadcaster Robyn Williams at the Brisbane Writers' Festival on 15 September 2007...	Ian Lowe Ian Lowe Ian Lowe is President of the Australian Conservation Foundation, Professor of Science, Technology and Society and former Head of the School of Science at Griffith University, as well as an adjunct professor at Sunshine Coast University and Flinders University. In 1996 he was chair-person of the...	2007
Renewable Electricity and the Grid: The Challenge of Variability Renewable Electricity and the Grid Renewable Electricity and the Grid: The Challenge of Variability is a 2007 book edited by Godfrey Boyle which examines the significance of the issue of variability of renewable energy supplies in the electricity grid.-Themes:...	Godfrey Boyle	2007
Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a special report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation on May 9, 2011. The report evaluates the global potential for using renewable energy to mitigate climate change...	United Nations United Nations The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a scientific intergovernmental body which provides comprehensive assessments of current scientific, technical and socio-economic information worldwide about the risk of climate change caused by human activity, its potential environmental and...	2010
Small is profitable: The hidden economic benefits of making electrical resources the right size Small is Profitable Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size is a 2002 book by energy analyst Amory Lovins and others. The book describes 207 ways in which the size of "electrical resources"—devices that make, save, or store electricity—affects their economic value...	Amory Lovins Amory Lovins Amory Bloch Lovins is an American environmental scientist and writer, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades...	2002
Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air	David J. C. MacKay	2008
Ten Technologies to Save the Planet Ten Technologies to Save the Planet Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate or Ten Technologies to Save the Planet is a popular science book by Chris Goodall first published in 2008 and re-issued in 2009 by Profile Books...	Chris Goodall Chris Goodall Christopher Frank William Goodall is an English businessman and author. He is an alumnus of St Dunstan’s College, University of Cambridge, and Harvard Business School ....	2008
Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective Three Mile Island (book) Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective is a scholarly history of the Three Mile Island accident, written by J. Samuel Walker and published in 2004...	J. Samuel Walker	2004
Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil is a book written by John Ghazvinian about the petroleum industry in Africa. The book was received well by critics, and garnered good reviews from both the Boston Globe and The New York Times...	John Ghazvinian John Ghazvinian John Ghazvinian is an American journalist and historian. He was raised in London and Los Angeles, born in Iran and currently lives in Philadelphia. He is known for his writing on African oil politics as the author of Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil , an expose of the petroleum industry in...	2007
Whole Earth Discipline Whole Earth Discipline Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto is the sixth book by Stewart Brand, published by Viking Penguin in 2009. He sees Earth and people propelled by three transformations: climate change , urbanization and biotechnology...	Stewart Brand Stewart Brand Stewart Brand is an American writer, best known as editor of the Whole Earth Catalog. He founded a number of organizations including The WELL, the Global Business Network, and the Long Now Foundation...	2009
Winning the Oil Endgame Winning the Oil Endgame Winning the Oil Endgame: Innovation for Profits, Jobs and Security is a 2005 book by Amory B. Lovins, E. Kyle Datta, Odd-Even Bustnes, Jonathan G. Koomey, and Nathan J. Glasgow, published by the Rocky Mountain Institute...	Amory Lovins Amory Lovins Amory Bloch Lovins is an American environmental scientist and writer, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades...	2005
Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World	Michael Ruppert Michael Ruppert Michael C. Ruppert is an American author, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer, and investigative journalist and peak oil theorist....	2009

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