Contents
Editor’s Foreword
Foreword
The Different Faces of Energy
1 - The Forms and Units of Energy
1.1 - The Energy Chain
1.2 - Energy Units
2 - Nature’s Energy Supply
2.1 - Coal
2.2 - Oil
2.3 - Natural Gas
2.4 - Nuclear Fuels
2.5 - Renewable Energies
Energy Consumption and Population Growth Energy
3 - Statistics on Today’s Energy Consumption
3.1 - Energy Use Worldwide
4 - Energy Consumption in Everyday Life
4.1 - Example: A Four-Person Household in Germany
4.2 - Comparison with India
5 - The Poor and the Rich
6.1 - The Division into “Prosperity Classes”
6.2 - Growth of Energy Consumption
6.3 - Redistribution
Energy – A Commercial Product
7 - Energy is a Commodity
7.2 - Hard Coal
7.3 - Oil
7.4 - The Role of OPEC
7.5 - Oil as a Source of Tax Revenues
7.6 - Oil from the Consumer’s Point of View
7.7 - Natural Gas
8.1 - Deregulation Shapes the Markets
8.2 - Commodity-Exchange Trading
8.4 - Electric Power in Developing Countries
8.5 - The State Steps In
8.6 - What Does Electricity Cost?
The Run on Energy Stocks
9.1 - The Geography of Deposit Areas
9.2 - Technological Problems of Access
9.3 - Economic Problems of Access
9.4 - Geographical Problems of Access
9.5 - Political Problems of Access
10 - The Oil Will Be Used Up Within Forty Years
Energy Use and the Environment
11.1 - Pollution and Types of Environmental Damage
11.2 - How They Get to Us
11.3 - Air Pollutants and Their Effects
12 - Successes in Emissions Reduction
12.1 - Successes in Air-Pollution Control in Industrialized Countries
12.2 - The Emerging-Market Countries Follow
12.3 - Air-Pollution Control Costs Money
12.4 - Controlling Greenhouse Gases
13.1 - Waste Heat
13.2 - Carbon Dioxide and Other Greenhouse Gases
13.3 - National and International Policies
13.4 - The Cost of CO2 Reduction
A Ray of Hope: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energies
14 - Saving Energy
14.1 - Past Successes
14.2 - Possibilities for Improved Economy and Efficiency
14.3 - The Conflict between Consumer Behavior and Energy Efficiency
15 - Hydroelectric Power and Biomass
15.1 - Hydroelectric Power
15.2 - Biomass
16.1 - Solar Panels
16.2 - Solar Power Stations
16.3 - Photovoltaics
16.4 - Wind Power
Energy Use Is an Ethical Question
17 - Energy Supply – The Key Question
18 - Choice of Energy Sources
19 - The Time Frame
On the Way to the Energy World of the Future
20.1 - Scenarios and Forecasts
20.2 - Worldwide Considerations
20.3 - Expectations for the Future
21 - Components of the Energy Mix
21.1 - Power Stations
21.3 - Transportation
21.4 - Nuclear Power
21.5 - Cogeneration of Heat and Power
21.7 - Hydrogen
21.8 - Geothermal Energy
21.10 - Energy Transfer over Large Areas
21.11 - Centralized vs. Decentralized
The Challenge of Energy – Using our Opportunities
22 - The Facts
23 - Renewable Energies – Our Hope for the Future
24 - Using Less Energy in the Future
25 - Cheap Energy Is Running Low
26 - A Look to the Future
Glossary
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