Energy can be neither created nor destroyed but it can be
wasted. The United States wastes two-thirds of its energy,
including 80 percent of the energy used in transportation. So the
nation has a tremendous opportunity to develop a sensible energy
policy based on benefits and costs. But to do that we need facts
not hyperbole, not wishful thinking. Mara Prentiss presents
and"interprets political and technical information from government
reports and press releases, as well as fundamental scientific laws,
to advance a bold claim: wind and solar power could generate 100
percent of the United States average total energy demand for the
foreseeable future, even without waste reduction.
To meet the actual rather than the average demand, significant
technological and political hurdles must be overcome. Still, a U.S.
energy economy based entirely on wind, solar, hydroelectricity, and
biofuels is within reach. The transition to renewables will benefit
from new technologies that decrease energy consumption without
lifestyle sacrifices, including energy optimization from
interconnected smart devices and waste reduction from use of LED
lights, regenerative brakes, and electric cars. Many countries
cannot obtain sufficient renewable energy within their borders,
Prentiss notes, but U.S. conversion to a 100 percent renewable
energy economy would, by itself, significantly reduce the global
impact of fossil fuel consumption.
Enhanced by full-color visualizations of key concepts and data,
Energy Revolution "answers one of the century s most crucial
questions: How can we get smarter about producing and distributing,
using and conserving, energy?"
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