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02868aam a2200361 i 4500 001 0D59C266621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 160831s2017 utuab b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2016040355 020 $a 1607815397 020 $a 9781607815396 035 $a (OCoLC)958224523 040 $a CoU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c COD $d DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d IEB $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a TP318 $b .M44 2017 082 00 $a 621.042 $2 23 100 1 $a Meehan, Gregory, $d 1954- $e author. 245 10 $a Thank you fossil fuels and good night : $b the twenty-first century's energy transition / $c Gregory Meehan. 264 1 $a Salt Lake City : $b The University of Utah Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xvi, 374 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The seven signals heralding an energy transition -- Fossil fuels : stored solar energy -- Nuclear energy and the mass defect -- The power behind renewables -- The potential and toll of alternative energy sources -- Technology introduction -- Solar -- Wind -- Nuclear -- Advanced energy storage solutions -- Smart grids -- Transportation -- Heat generation -- Technological readiness -- Fossil fuel wealth and energy consumption framework -- The United States -- Canada -- Brazil -- Germany, Norway, Spain, and Italy -- Russia -- Saudi Arabia -- Japan -- China -- India -- South Korea -- Country roundup -- Our response to limited resources -- Global energy price and cost points -- Energy policy tool kit -- Four repressive forces on the use of fossil fuels -- The only path forward departs from the use of fossil fuels -- Appendix A. Primary energy consumption factor and fossil fuel wealth factor -- Appendix B. Energy platforms of presidential candidates 1992-2016. 520 $a "This book presents an overview of where we stand on the planet and where we might go in pursuit of energy as fossil fuels are abandoned. Presenting data derived from many government, industry, and academic sources, the book illuminates limitations and problems with various energy sources, most notably with now-untenable reliance on fossil fuels, and shows that internationally, different answers are proving viable for different social and environmental contexts. The goals of the book are logical explanation, reader comprehension, and comprehensive coverage, rather than advocacy"--Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Fossil fuels. 650 0 $a Renewable energy sources. 650 7 $a Fossil fuels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00933141 650 7 $a Renewable energy sources. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01094570 941 $a 2 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508022410.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170802030934.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0D59C266621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search