The Energy Reader

By: Tom Butler (Editor), George Wuerthner (Editor), Daniel Lerch (Editor), Richard Heinberg (Introduction by)

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The Energy Reader takes an unflinching look at the environmental devastation created by our thirst for energy—including supposedly “clean” renewable sources. From oil spills, nuclear accidents, and mountaintop-removal coal mining to oversized wind farms and desert-destroying solar power plants, virtually every region of the globe is now experiencing the consequences of out-of-control energy development. Essentially no place is sacred, no landscape safe from the relentless search for energy resources to continue powering a culture based on perpetual growth. Precious wildlands, fragile ecosystems, even our own communities and children’s health are at risk.

Featuring essays by more than thirty of the most brilliant minds in the fields of energy, society, and ecology, The Energy Reader lifts the veil on the harsh realities of our pursuit of energy at any price, revealing the true costs, benefits, and limitations of all our energy options. Contributors include Wes Jackson, Bill McKibben, Sandra B. Lubarsky, Richard Heinberg, Philip Cafaro, Wendell Berry, Juan Pablo Orrego. Collectively, they offer a wake-up call about the future of energy and what each of us can do to change course.

Ultimately, the book offers not only a deep critique of the current system that is toxic to nature and people, but also a hopeful vision for a future energy economy—in which resilience, health, beauty, biodiversity, and durability, not incessant growth, are the organizing principles.

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Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xiii
A Deeper Look at the Energy Picture
Introduction: Energy Literacy	p. 3
The Predicament
Introduction: Energy, Nature, and the Eco-Social Crisis	p. 25
Five Carbon Pools	p. 27
Faustian Economics: Hell Hath No Limits	p. 33
Life-Affirming Beauty	p. 43
Our Global Ponzi Economy	p. 47
Coal: The Greatest Threat to Civilization	p. 51
The View from Oil's Peak	p. 55
Energy Return on Investment	p. 62
Alternative Energy Challenges	p. 69
When Risk Assessment Is Risky: Predicting the Effects of Technology	p. 77
Malevolent and Malignant Threats	p. 84
Progress vs. Apocalypse: The Stories We Tell Ourselves	p. 95
The Landscape of Energy
Introduction: A Tour of the Energy Terrain	p. 105
The Landscape of Energy	p. 107
False Solutions
Introduction: False Solutions to the Energy Challenge	p. 153
Drill Baby Drill: Why It Won't Work for Long-Term Energy Sustainability	p. 155
Nuclear Power and the Earth	p. 163
The False Promise of "Clean" Coal	p. 171
The Whole Fracking Enchilada	p. 175
River Killers: The False Solution of Megadams	p. 179
Bioenergy: A Disaster for Biodiversity, Health, and Human Rights	p. 186
Oil Shale Development: Looming Threat to Western Wildlands	p. 193
Gas Hydrates: A Dangerously Large Source of Unconventional Hydrocarbons	p. 197
Regulatory Illusion	p. 201
Retooling the Planet: The False Promise of Geoengineering	p. 206
Under Attack
Introduction: Onslaught of the Energy Machine	p. 217
Will Drilling Spell the End of a Quintessential American Landscape?	p. 219
Backing the Front: Fighting Oil and Gas Development in Montana's Rocky Mountain Front	p. 226
Tar Sands, Pipelines, and the Threat to First Nations	p. 241
Sweet and Sour: The Curse of Oil in the Niger Delta	p. 247
Outsourcing Pollution and Energy-Intensive Production	p. 256
Depowering Destruction
Introduction: Toward an Energy Economy as if Nature Mattered	p. 265
The Case for Conservation	p. 267
Reinventing Fire	p. 274
Cap the Grid	p. 284
Protected Areas: Foundation of a Better Future Relationship with Energy	p. 292
Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming	p. 297
Distributed Renewable Generation: Why It Should Be the Centerpiece of U.S. Energy Policy	p. 303
No Ecological Sustainability without Limits to Growth	p. 310
What We're for
What We're For	p. 321
Afterword: Places Where the Wind Carries the Ashes of Ancestors	p. 331
Acknowledgments	p. 335
Credits	p. 336
Contributors	p. 337
Endnotes	p. 345
Index	p. 359
Editors	p. 365
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