Navigating the Energy Maze (eBook)

Dr. Roger James Kuhns has over 35 years in mineral exploration and natural resources, water and energy resources, environmental remediation, renewable energy systems, and sustainability. He has held positions at BHP Billiton (General Manager for mineral exploration, petroleum field assessment, and mineral economics and development for Africa and the Mediterranean), Noranda Exploration (U.S. and Canada), Black & Veatch (Global – sustainability, renewable energy assessment, remediation, economic modeling, and strategic planning), and Applied Ecological Services (North America environmental remediation and LEED development projects, including assessment of impacts and restoration approaches regarding the Alberta Tar Sands). Kuhns is the founder of SustainAudit, LLC, a sustainable practices application company that integrates all renewable energy systems, materials use, LEED certification, and food systems with the natural environment to ensure long-lasting resources and economic affordability leading to a high quality of life.  Dr. George H. Shaw has had a career as a professor of geosciences with an emphasis on geophysics, especially high-pressure measurements of elastic properties.  He has taught at the University of Minnesota and Union College, and was awarded an NSF post-doctoral fellowship at Edinburgh, Scotland as well as an  American Geophysical Union Congressional Science Fellowship. Dr. Shaw worked for congressman Al Swift on energy and environmental issues, and particularly on the formulation and passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. At Minnesota he co-developed a course in energy resources and policy which he continued to teach at Union.

Chapter 1 The Energy Maze IntroductionChapter 2 Overview of Supply and ConsumptionChapter 3 TransportationChapter 4 Residential and Commercial (R&C) SectorChapter 5 Industry SectorChapter 6 Conservation and EfficiencyChapter 7 Peak Oil and Petroleum Energy ResourcesChapter 8 Coal and Natural GasChapter 9 Oil and Gas Fracking and Tight Shale ResourcesChapter 10 Uranium and ThoriumChapter 11 Renewable EnergyChapter 12 The Carbon Dioxide Problem and SolutionChapter 13 GeoengineeringChapter 14 Sustainability Mapping and Energy PolicyChapter 15 Policy proposalsChapter 16 Summary, Projections and Consequences of the PolicyAppendicesIndex