Preface
What this book is
This book is about how to solve our energy problem. It presents the facts concerning our energy needs, desires, and supplies, and the environmental and human effects of obtaining and using energy. It also includes calculations and analyses based on these facts. The purpose of the book is to provide U.S. citizens and our elected representatives with information that will enable us to make rational, economically and environmentally sound decisions.
What is our energy problem, and why do we have it? Some people believe that energy is a problem only because continued burning of fossil fuels will lead to undesirable global warming. But even without that possibility, the people of the world, and especially the people of ...
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