Abundant Energy The Fuel Of Human Flourishing

1st ed.

Washington; United States of America: AEI Press, 2011.

109 p.

Homo sapiens or Homo Igniferens?: Fire and Human Development, Energy Affordability: Direct Costs, Indirect Costs, The Impact of Indirect Costs on the Poor, Study Questions, Energy Reliability: Energy Reliability and Its Impact on Related Systems, The Economic Costs of Blackouts, The Capacity Factor, Study Questions, Energy And The Environment: The Environmental Kuznets Curve, Air Pollution and the Kuznets Curve, The Importance of Understanding the Kuznets Curve, The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Study Questions, Energy System Inertia And Momentum: Inertia and Momentum: An Overview, Technological Momentum, Labor-Pool Momentum, Economic Momentum, Study Questions, Energy Independence And Security: Defining "Independence", Independence and Trade-Offs, Study Questions, The Danger Of Unintended Consequences: The Ethanol Fiasco: Government and Unintended Consequences, The Case of Ethanol, Study Questions.

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