Our Renewable Future

<div>Acknowledgements<br/>List of Figures and Tables<br/><br/>Introduction<br/>-How “normala came to be<br/>-Why a renewable world will be different<br/>-Overview of this book<br/><br/>PART I. The Context: It's All About Energy<br/>Chapter 1. Energy 101<br/>-What is energy? The basics of the basics.<br/>-Laws of Thermodynamics<br/>-Net energy<br/>-Lifecycle impacts<br/>-Operational versus embodied energy<br/>-Energy resource criteria<br/><br/>Chapter 2. A Quick Look At Our Current Energy System<br/>-Growth<br/>-Energy rich, energy poor<br/>-Energy resources<br/>-End use<br/><br/>PART II. Energy Supply in a Renewable World: Opportunities and Challenges<br/>Chapter 3. Renewable Electricity: Falling Costs, Variability, and Scaling Challenges<br/>-Price is less of a barrier<br/>-Intermittency<br/>-Storage<br/>-Grid redesign<br/>-Demand management<br/>-Capacity redundancy<br/>-Scaling challenges<br/>-Lessons from Spain and Germany<br/>-Pushback against wind and solar<br/><br/>Chapter 4. Transportation: The Substitution Challenge<br/>-Electrification<br/>-Biofuels<br/>-Hydrogen<br/>-Natural gas<br/>-Sails and kites<br/>-Summary: A less mobile all-renewable future<br/><br/>Chapter 5. Other Uses of Fossil Fuels: the Substitution Challenge Continues<br/>-High temperature heat for industrial processes<br/>-Low-temperature heat<br/>-Fossil fuels for plastics, chemicals, and other materials<br/>-Summary: Where's our stuff?<br/><br/>Chapter 6. Energy Supply: How Much Will We Have? How Much Will We Need?<br/>-EROEI of renewables<br/>-Building solar and wind with solar and wind<br/>-Investment requirements<br/>-The efficiency opportunity: We may not need as much energy<br/>-Energy Intensity<br/>-The role of curtailment and the problem of economic growth<br/><br/>Chapter 7. What AboutGǪ?<br/>-Nuclear power<br/>-Carbon capture and storage<br/>-Massive technology improvements<br/><br/>PART III. Preparing For Our Renewable Future<br/>Chapter 8. Energy and Justice<br/>-Energy and equity in the least industrialized countries<br/>-Energy and equity in rapidly industrializing nations<br/>-Energy and equity in highly industrialized countries<br/>-Policy frameworks for enhancing justice while cutting carbon<br/><br/>Chapter 9. What Government Can Do<br/>-Support for an overall switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy<br/>-Support for research and development of ways to use renewables to power more industrial processes and transport<br/>-Conservation of fossil fuels for essential purposes<br/>-Support for energy conservation in general'efficiency and curtailment<br/>-Better greenhouse gas accounting<br/><br/>Chapter 10. What We the People Can Do<br/>-Individuals and households<br/>-Communities<br/>-Climate and environmental groups, and their funders<br/><br/>Chapter 11. What We Learned<br/>-We really need a plan; no, lots of them<br/>-Scale is the biggest challenge<br/>-It's not all about solar and wind<br/>-We must begin pre-adapting to having less energy<br/>-Consumerism is a problem, not a solution<br/>-Population growth makes everything harder<br/>-Fossil fuels are too valuable to allocate solely by the market<br/>-Everything is connected<br/>-This really does change everything<br/><br/>About the Authors</div>