Energy economics : markets, history and policy / Roy L. Nersesian
- Author
- Neresesian, Roy L.
- Published
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
- Physical Description
- xxiv, 628 pages ; 26 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Energy Economics and Policy -- What Is Energy? -- Energy and Economics -- Energy and the Environment -- Air Pollution -- Energy and Policy -- Measuring Energy -- The Problem Is the Size of the Problem -- Forecasting Energy Demand -- Short Cut for Projecting Energy Demand -- A Model to Project Total Energy Demand -- Problems and Projects -- Notes -- 2.Electricity and Utility Industry -- Electricity Is Derived Energy -- System Operation -- Methods of Rate Regulation -- Operating Models in an Era of Deregulation/Liberalization -- Smart Meters/Smart Grids -- Utility Pools -- It Takes Energy to Make Energy -- Projects and Problems -- Notes -- 3.Biomass -- Yesterday's Fuel -- Today's Fuel -- Around the World with Biomass -- Biomass for Electricity Generation -- Not All Favor Biomass for Electricity -- Biomass Fuels for Electricity Generation -- Biogas -- Disposal of Biowaste -- Tapping Biomass for Electricity Generation -- Biofuels -- History of Ethanol as a Motor Vehicle Fuel -- Brazil---The Great Leap Forward for Biofuels -- The US---The Great Leap Forward for Corn Growers -- The Great Sugar--Corn Debate -- Other Developments in the World of Ethanol -- Cellulosic Ethanol -- Biodiesel -- Palm Oil as a Biodiesel Feedstock -- Other Biodiesel Feedstocks -- Biodiesel Development -- Biodiesel Prospects -- Biofuel Risks -- Projects and Problems -- Notes -- 4.Coal -- Types of Coal -- Coal Mining -- Coal in the Twenty-First Century -- Coal Reserves -- Coal Prices -- Case against Coal -- Clean Coal Technologies -- Coal Gasification -- Carbon Capture -- Ash Disposal -- Eliminating Coal Not So Easy -- Problems and Project -- Notes -- 5.The Story of Big Oil -- History of Oil -- Early Attempts at Oil Price Controls -- Enter Saudi Arabia and Kuwait -- Exit the Key Players -- Development of Saudi Arabia's Oil Fields -- Shoes Begin to Fall -- Birth of OPEC -- 1973 Oil Crisis -- First Occasion for High Oil Prices -- Era of Moderate Oil Prices -- Second Occasion for High Oil Prices -- Geopolitical Risks -- Oil and Diplomacy -- Oil and Environmentalists -- Role of Oil Companies after the Oil Crisis -- A Changing World -- Future Role of Oil Companies -- Projects and Problems -- Notes -- 6.Oil -- Oil Reserves -- Is Hubbert's Peak Oil Dead? -- Oil Consumption and Production -- Oil Trade Patterns -- Changing Nature of US Oil Imports and Middle East Exports -- Oil Shale---Game Changer -- Synthetic Crude -- Bitumen -- Shale Oil -- Challenge of Oil: The Automobile -- Automobile Population -- Fuel Savings with Piggybacking -- Internalizing an Externality -- Problems and Project -- Notes -- 7.Natural Gas -- Background -- Road to Deregulation -- European Road to Liberalization -- From Source to Consumer -- Natural Gas as a Fuel -- Natural Gas in the US -- Natural Gas in Europe -- Facing the Geopolitical Risk of Natural Gas -- Natural Gas in Asia -- Natural Gas in the Rest of the World -- Transforming Natural Gas to Electricity -- Carbon Emissions of Natural Gas -- Selection Procedure for Electricity Generating Plants -- Fracking -- Horizontal Drilling -- Case against Fracking -- LPG: Prelude to LNG -- Western Way of Conducting Business -- Japanese Way of Organizing Business -- Evolution of the International LPG Business -- International Natural Gas Pipeline Trade -- Natural Gas Reserves -- International Trade of Liquefied Natural Gas -- Historical Development of LNG -- LNG Projects -- Commodization of LNG -- LNG Carriers -- LNG Pricing -- Outlook for LNG Projects -- Natural Gas as a Transportation Fuel -- LNG as a Ship's Fuel -- LNG/CNG as a Railroad Locomotive Fuel -- LNG/CNG as a Truck Fuel -- CNG as an Automobile Fuel -- Transformational Technologies -- Gas to Liquids (GTL) Technology -- Sweetening Sour Gas -- Methane from Coal Beds -- Methane Hydrates -- Problems -- Notes -- 8.Nuclear and Hydropower -- Promise of Nuclear Power -- Contribution of Nuclear Power to Satisfying Energy -- Subsidizing Nuclear Power Plants -- Comparing Nuclear with Coal -- Uranium -- Weapons Proliferation -- Disposal of Spent Fuel -- Commercial Reactors -- Fast Neutron and Fast Breeder Reactor -- European Pressurized (Evolutionary Power) Reactor -- Pebble Bed Reactor -- Other Advanced Reactor Designs -- Fusion Power -- Hydropower -- History -- Birth of the Environmental Movement -- Hydropower: Today and Tomorrow -- Major Dams -- Dams Affect International Relations -- Turkey versus Iraq -- Egypt versus Nile River Riparian Nations -- Indus River -- Hydropower for Peace -- Problems and Project -- Notes -- 9.Solar and Wind Power and Their Storage -- Solar Power -- PV Solar Energy -- Supports for Solar Power -- Economics of Solar Power -- Wind Power -- From Tiny Acorns to Mighty Oaks -- Small Can Be Beautiful -- Objections to Wind Power -- Evaluating a Potential Site -- Financial Incentives -- Source of Employment -- Electricity Storage -- Non-Flow or Solid State Batteries -- Flow Batteries -- Gravity Batteries -- Compressed Air Energy Storage -- Flywheels -- Hydrogen -- Problems and Projects -- Notes -- 10.Hydrogen Economy, Geothermal and Ocean Power, and Climate Change -- Hydrogen Economy -- Hydrogen as a Motor Vehicle Fuel -- Hydrogen Economy Tomorrow -- Geothermal Power -- Geothermal Power for Heating -- Geothermal Power for Electricity -- Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) -- Climate Change -- Climate Dating -- How Long Has Man Been Influencing Climate? -- Carbon Dioxide and Temperature over Geologic Time -- Climate Changes during Recorded History -- Whither Thou Goest Climate? -- Problems and Projects -- Notes -- 11.Environment and Energy Sustainability -- Environment -- Cap-and-Trade Emissions Trading -- Montreal Protocol -- Kyoto Protocol -- Efficiency and Conservation -- Sustainable Energy -- Native American View of Sustainability -- Founding Fathers View on Financial Sustainability -- Easter Island -- We Need to Identify the Relevant Goal -- Population -- Towards an Energy Sustainable Society -- Biofuels -- Coal -- Oil -- Natural Gas -- Nuclear Power -- Hydro Power -- Solar Power -- Wind Power -- Geothermal Power -- Tidal and Wave Power -- Efficiency and Conservation -- Utility Adaptation -- Summary of Disruptive Challenges Facing the Utility Industry -- Technology Developments -- Taxing Carbon -- The Essential Problem Is the Magnitude of the Problem -- There Is Always an Alternative -- Problems -- Notes.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781138858374 (hardback)
1138858374 (hardback) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2016
- Endowment Note
- Paterno Libraries Endowment
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