| Description |
1 online resource (128 pages) : color illustrations |
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Solarium strategy series |
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Solarium strategy series.
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| Contents |
Key messages and talking points -- A strategy for American power: energy, climate, and national security / Sharon Burke, Christine Parthemore -- Overcoming political barriers to reform in energy policy / Josh Busby -- Energy, climate change, and public opinion / Christine Matthews -- The United States and the international energy barrier / Amy Myers Jaffe -- Overcoming the economic barriers to climate change and energy security / Jason Furman, Jason E. Bordoff, Manasi Deshpande, and Pascal J. Noel |
| Summary |
"The United States is engaged in a new war, and it is a war like no other in our history. Today, we are at war with the gas pump and the power plant - and the gas pump and the power plant, for the most part, are winning. These strange foes can be explained in a handful of numbers: 22 million : Barrels of oil Americans consume every day. 60 percent : U.S. oil demand met by imports. 96 percent : Cars on U.S. roads that rely on oil products. Two-thirds: Global oil reserves in the Middle East. 46 percent : Forecast increase in global oil demand by 2030. 50 percent : U.S. electricity that comes from coal-fired power plants. 200 years: How long America's coal reserves would last at current rates of consumption. 70 percent : Growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions between 1970 and 2004. 70 -90 percent : Approximate greenhouse gas emissions the United States would have to cut in the next 40 years to avoid the worst effects of climate change. These numbers add up to a tremendous vulnerability. The United States is dependent on geopolitically problematic and polluting oil, and the most likely substitute, coal-fired electricity, is even worse for the Earth's climate, with grave implications for future national security."--Introduction |
| Analysis |
Descriptors : *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, *NATIONAL SECURITY, *GLOBAL, *ENERGY CONSUMPTION, GREENHOUSE EFFECT, OIL PRODUCTS, RESERVES (ENERGY), EARTH (PLANET), GAS PUMPS, ELECTRICITY, EMISSION, CLIMATE |
| Notes |
Title from cover of PDF file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
"June 2008." |
| Subject |
Energy security -- United States
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National security -- United States.
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International politics.
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National security.
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Global.
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Energy consumption.
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Energy security
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National security
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Government and political science.
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Non-electrical energy conversion.
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Greenhouse effect.
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Oil products.
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Reserves(energy)
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Earth(planet)
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Gas pumps.
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Electricity.
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Emission.
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Climate.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Burke, Sharon
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Parthemore, Christine
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Busby, John
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Matthews, Christine
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Jaffe, Amy M
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Furman, Jason
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Center for a New American Security.
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