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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Civilization isn’t nearing its end; peak oil theories asserting this are unsupported by solid evidence.
Chapter 3: Carbon sequestration is an expensive, inefficient, and risky approach to tackling global warming.
Chapter 4: Substituting crude oil with biofuel is neither feasible nor efficient.
Chapter 5: Wind energy is too difficult to harness reliably enough to power the world.
Chapter 6: Be patient: any new energy innovation takes decades to achieve full adoption.
Chapter 7: Energy policy decisions must remain objective, with a strong priority on avoiding environmental harm.
Description
These blinks provide an objective, science-based look into the global energy debate that is so often dominated by the misleading rhetoric of politicians, industry leaders and activists.
Who Should Listen
Anyone who is concerned about “peak oil“ and the global energy supply
Anyone who wants to get some scientific facts that affect the global energy debate
Anyone who wants to critically examine biofuel and wind as alternative energy sources
About the Authors
Vaclav Smil is one of the world’s leading experts on global energy issues. In 2010, he was named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by ForeignPolicy magazine.