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Reality of American Energy : The Hidden Costs of Electricity Policy by Jordan Lofthouse, Ryan M. Yonk and Megan Hansen (2017, Hardcover)
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Number of Pages: 199. Weight: 1.1 lbs. Publication Date: 2017-07-07. Publisher: PRAEGER FREDERICK A.
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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-101440853916
ISBN-139781440853913
eBay Product ID (ePID)237564812
Product Key Features
Number of Pages216 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameReality of American Energy : the Hidden Costs of Electricity Policy
Publication Year2017
SubjectPublic Policy / Energy Policy, Environmental / General, Power Resources / General, Public Policy / Environmental Policy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Technology & Engineering
AuthorJordan Lofthouse, Ryan M. Yonk, Megan Hansen
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2017-007696
Reviews"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." - Choice, "Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals." -- Choice
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal333.79320973
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Understanding Electricity Chapter 2 Regulating the Electricity Sector Chapter 3 The Economics of Electricity Chapter 4 Wind Power Chapter 5 Solar Power Chapter 6 Biomass Chapter 7 Geothermal Chapter 8 Hydropower Chapter 9 Nuclear Chapter 10 Coal Chapter 11 Natural Gas Chapter 12 Conclusion Notes Index About the Authors
SynopsisClimate change, energy generation and use, and environmental degradation are among the most salient--and controversial--political issues today. Our country's energy future will be determined by the policymakers who enact laws that favor certain kinds of energy production while discouraging others as much as by the energy-production companies or the scientists working to reduce the environmental impact of all energy production. The Reality of American Energy: The Hidden Costs of Electricity provides rare insights into the politics and economics surrounding electricity in the United States. It identifies the economic, physical, and environmental implications of distorting energy markets to limit the use of fossil fuels while increasing renewable energy production and explains how these unseen effects of favoring renewable energy may be counterproductive to the economic interests of American citizens and to the protection of the environment. The first two chapters of the book introduce the subject of electricity policy in the United States and to enable readers to understand why policymakers do what they do. The remainder of the book examines the realities of the major electricity sources in the United States: coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydrodynamic, wind, biomass, solar, and geothermal. Each of these types of energy sources is analyzed in a dedicated chapter that explains how the electricity source works and identifies how politics and public policy shape the economic and environmental impacts associated with them., This book dispels common myths about electricity and electricity policy and reveals how government policies manipulate energy markets, create hidden costs, and may inflict a net harm on the American people and the environment. Climate change, energy generation and use, and environmental degradation are among the most salient--and controversial--political issues today. Our country's energy future will be determined by the policymakers who enact laws that favor certain kinds of energy production while discouraging others as much as by the energy-production companies or the scientists working to reduce the environmental impact of all energy production. The Reality of American Energy: The Hidden Costs of Electricity provides rare insights into the politics and economics surrounding electricity in the United States. It identifies the economic, physical, and environmental implications of distorting energy markets to limit the use of fossil fuels while increasing renewable energy production and explains how these unseen effects of favoring renewable energy may be counterproductive to the economic interests of American citizens and to the protection of the environment. The first two chapters of the book introduce the subject of electricity policy in the United States and to enable readers to understand why policymakers do what they do. The remainder of the book examines the realities of the major electricity sources in the United States: coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydrodynamic, wind, biomass, solar, and geothermal. Each of these types of energy sources is analyzed in a dedicated chapter that explains how the electricity source works and identifies how politics and public policy shape the economic and environmental impacts associated with them.
LC Classification NumberTK1191.Y55 2017
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