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Book SynopsisOn March 13, 2008, the National Academies brought together many of the knowledgeable people working on energy issues to discuss how we can meet the need for energy without damaging Earth's environment or compromising US economic and national security. This title chronicles that 2-day summit and serves as a foundation for examining energy policy.Table of Contents1 Front Matter; 2 Part I: The Current Context; 3 1 A Growing Sense of Urgency; 4 2 The Challenge of Global Warming; 5 3 The Developing World - The Case of China; 6 Part II: Energy Supplies; 7 4 Petroleum and Natural Gas; 8 5 Coal; 9 6 Nuclear Power; 10 7 Biofuels; 11 8 Other Renewable Sources of Energy; 12 Part III: Energy Uses; 13 9 Transportation; 14 10 Buildings and Industry; 15 Part IV: Meeting the Challenge; 16 11 Pathways to a Sustainable Future; 17 12 The Public Sector Response; 18 13 The Role of the Private Sector - The Case of Google; 19 14 Barriers and Potential; 20 References; 21 Appendixes; 22 Appendix A: America's Energy Future Project; 23 Appendix B: Speakers at the Summit; 24 Appendix C: Summit Agenda; 25 Appendix D: Units of Measure and Equivalences

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Rocket Engine Fundamentals 3. Nuclear Rocket Engine Cycles 4. Interplanetary Mission Analysis 5. Basic Nuclear Structure and Processes 6. Neutron Flux Energy Distribution 7. Neutron Balance Equation and Transport Theory 8. Multigroup Neutron Diffusion Equations 9. Thermal Fluid Aspects of Nuclear Rockets 10. Turbomachinery 11. Nuclear Reactor Kinetics 12. Nuclear Rocket Stability 13. Fuel Burnup and Transmutation 14. Radiation Shielding of Nuclear Rockets 15. Materials for Nuclear Thermal Rockets 16. Nuclear Rocket Engine Testing 17. Safety Considerations for Nuclear Rocket Engines 18. Advanced Nuclear Rocket Concepts Appendix I. Table of Physical Constants II. Thermodynamic Properties of Several Gases III. Selected Data from NERVA Tests

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Book SynopsisThis book redefines climate protection measures and readjusts climate protection targets in line with what is scientifically necessary and economically feasible. The reader is provided with an overview of recent developments and failings in, and successful instruments for, fighting climate change and global warming.Effective climate protection measures rest on two pillars: stopping all greenhouse gas emissions and cleaning the atmosphere of spare carbon. Both are possible, if the use of fossil fuels in the energy, transport, construction and chemistry sectors is terminated and the decision is made to consistently switch to a world economy with zero emissions instead. Global Feed-in-Tariffs can provide incentives for renewable energies as the German Feed-in-Tariff has proven â a measure which has been copied by almost 70 nations around the world. At the same time agricultural practices are necessary to support an increase in biodiversity, e.g. re-greening the desert, afforestaTable of ContentsAbout the book series Editorial board Foreword by Caio Koch-Weser Foreword by Mark Z. Jacobson About the author Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 1.1 The purpose of this book 1.2 Renewable energy as a jobs miracle 1.3 Renewable energy is not an economic burden 1.4 Renewable energy does not increase prices for energy customers 1.5 Renewable energy as the most effective climate protection measure 1.6 Renewable energy can grow much faster than generally assumed 1.7 Success of biological agriculture in Germany 1.8 The Success of green chemistry in Germany 1.9 Poverty reduction with renewable energy and biological agriculture2. The crisis of the fossil-atomic age is accelerating dramatically 2.1 The disasters are increasing as a result of global warming 2.2 Fossil fuel raw materials cause more than just climate problems 2.3 Fukushima has once again revealed the uncontrollability of nuclear energy 2.4 Global warming speeds up dramatically: Tipping points and political failure3. Low carbon: pseudo-solutions for climate protection 3.1 Carbon capture and storage (CCS) 3.2 Nuclear energy 3.3 Industrial, intensive agriculture 3.4 Transport systems with more efficient use of fossil fuels 3.5 Geoengineering4. Cooling of the Earth is possible: in some decades 330 ppm CO2 can be achieved 4.1 First pillar: zero emission 4.2 Second pillar: carbon removal from the atmosphere5. Policy measures for cooling the Earth 5.1 The necessity and effect of state regulations to redirect global financial flows 5.2 Demand-oriented innovation policies break the vicious circle of obstacles to innovation 5.3 The EEG as an example of an effective State regulation to divert private cash flows into climate protection 5.4 The permission problems 5.5 State regulations required for effective climate protection 5.6 Policy measures with little or nil effectiveness for climate protection6. The key role of the financial sector as political climate protection motor References Subject index

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Book SynopsisKinematic wave modeling methods are gaining wide acceptance as a fast and accurate way of handling a wide range of water modeling problems. This book provides a thorough reference to the application of KW methods to such problems as the spatial representation of watersheds, overland flow routing, and channel flow routing.Table of ContentsWater Resources Modeling. Spatial Representation of Watersheds. HYDRAULIC PRELIMINARIES. Hydraulic Equations for Surface Flow. Linearization of Hydraulic Equations. Flow Resistance. WATER WAVES. Shallow Water Waves. Kinematic Wave Theory. Diffusion Wave Theory. Accuracy of Kinematic Wave and Diffusion Wave Theories. OVERLAND FLOW. St. Venant Equations for Flow Over A Plane. Diffusion Wave Modeling. Kinematic Wave Modeling of Overland Flow on A Plane: AnalyticSolutions. Kinematic Wave Modeling of Overland Flow on an Infiltrating Plane:Analytical Solutions. Kinematic Wave Modeling of Overland Flow on a Plane: NumericalSolutions. Kinematic Wave Modeling of Overland Flow on ConvergingSurfaces. Kinematic Wave Modeling of Overland Flow on DivergingSurfaces. Kinematic Shock. CHANNEL FLOW ROUTING. Dynamic Wave Modeling for Channel Flow Routing. Diffusion Wave Modeling for Channel Flow Routing. Kinematic Wave Flow Routing. Dam-Break Flood-Wave Routing. Appendices. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisArtificial intelligence and the use of computational methods to extract information from data are providing adequate tools to monitor and predict water pollutants and water quality issues faster and more accurately. Smart sensors and machine learning models help detect and monitor dispersion and leakage of pollutants before they reach groundwater. With contributions from experts in academia and industries, who give a unified treatment of AI methods and their applications in water science, this book help governments, industries, and homeowners not only address water pollution problems more quickly and efficiently, but also gain better insight into the implementation of more effective remedial measures.FEATURES Provides cutting-edge AI applications in water sector. Highlights the environmental models used by experts in different countries. Discusses various types of models using AI and its tools for achieving sustainable development in water and groundwater. Includes case studies and recent research directions for environmental issues in water sector. Addresses future aspects and innovation in AI field related to watersustainability. This book will appeal to scientists, researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students majoring in environmental or computer science and industry professionals in water science and engineering, environmental management, and governmental sectors. It showcases artificial intelligence applications in detecting environmental issues, with an emphasis on the mitigation and conservation of water and underground resources.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Environmental Models for Sustainable Development. Role of Artificial Intelligence in Water Sector: Dependency on Automation Systems. Modeling and Prediction of Water Security Connected to Global Challenges. Simulation Models of Threatened Aquatic Ecosystems. Monitoring of Contaminants in Aquatic Ecosystems using Big Data. Mitigation of Water Shortage Issues: Water 4.0. Water Pollution Monitoring Using Artificial Intelligent: Basic Algorithm Design. Neural Networks in Wastewater Treatment Process. Circular Economy Models in Water and Wastewater. Integrated Water Resources Management: Perspectives and Challenges. Hydrological Modeling for Sustainable Groundwater Resources.

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Book SynopsisGeopressure, or pore pressure in subsurface rock formations impacts hydrocarbon resource estimation, drilling, and drilling safety in operations. This book provides a comprehensive overview of geopressure analysis bringing together rock physics, seismic technology, quantitative basin modeling and geomechanics. It provides a fundamental physical and geological basis for understanding geopressure by explaining the coupled mechanical and thermal processes. It also brings together state-of-the-art tools and technologies for analysis and detection of geopressure, along with the associated uncertainty. Prediction and detection of shallow geohazards and gas hydrates is also discussed and field examples are used to illustrate how models can be practically applied. With supplementary MATLAB codes and exercises available online, this is an ideal resource for students, researchers and industry professionals in geoscience and petroleum engineering looking to understand and analyse subsurface formaTrade Review'… the book concludes with chapters on best practices and recent advances. Concepts are well illustrated throughout, and a group of selected color illustrations is provided at the center of the book … Anyone working in the field of petroleum fluid extraction or planning to do so in the future should definitely own a copy of this book. This reviewer would not hesitate to adopt this textbook for use in teaching … Highly recommended.' M. S. Field, Choice MagazineTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Basic pressure concepts and definitions; 2. Basic continuum mechanics and its relevance to geopressure; 3. Mechanisms of geopressure; 4. Quantitative geopressure analysis methods; 5. Seismic methods to predict and detect geopressure; 6. Integrating seismic imaging, rock physics and geopressure; 7. Methods for pore pressure detection: Well logging and drilling parameters; 8. Gravity and EM field methods aiding pore pressure prediction; 9. Geopressure detection and prediction in real-time; 10. Geopressure prediction using basin history modeling; 11. Geohazard prediction and detection; 12. Petroleum geomechanics and the role of geopressure; 13. Guidelines for best practices – geopressure prediction and analysis; 14. Recent advances in geopressure prediction and detection technology and the road ahead; Appendices.

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Book SynopsisThe winner of the 2017 Ernest Cole Award is Daylin Paul for his project, Broken Land. The project explores the other side of power. Set in Mpumalanga, home of 46% of South Africa's arable soil, it is also the area where nine power-burning coal stations are active.

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Book SynopsisMuch remains to be known about public utilities system organization, efficiency, management, legislation, practices, and solutions worldwide, as well as the implications for sustainable development in different countries. Thus, a better understanding of the different management practices in public utilities across different contexts is needed to assess their impact on efficiency and sustainability, especially in the changed climate conditions.Transformation and Efficiency Enhancement of Public Utilities Systems: Multidimensional Aspects and Perspectives considers the necessity to transform public utilities systems towards sustainability and efficiency. This publication investigates the performance management process of public utility systems and evaluates the efficiency of public utilities to propose potential improvements. The book encourages amenable authorities to create more efficient and effective management systems and improve their performance. Additionally, it provides the government with a systemic approach to public utilities system transformation and development. Covering key topics such as public hygiene, sustainability, and environmental protection, this premier reference source is ideal for government officials, policymakers, industry professionals, researchers, academicians, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

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Book SynopsisThe European Energy Law Reports are an initiative taken by the organisers of the European Energy Law Seminar which has been organised on an annual basis since 1989 at Noordwijk aan Zee in the Netherlands. The aim of this seminar is to present an overview of the most important legal developments in the field of International, EU and national energy and climate law. Whereas the first seminars concentrated on the developments at EC level, which were the results of the establishment of an Internal Energy Market, the focus has now gradually switched to the developments at the national level following the implementation of the EU Directives with regard to the internal electricity and gas markets. This approach can also be found in these reports.This volume includes chapters on ''Newcomers in the Electricity Market: Aggregators and Storage'', ''Hydropower Concessions in the EU: A Need for Liberalisation or Privatisation?'', ''Investments and des-Investments in the Energy Sector'', ''Offshore Decommissioning in the North Sea'', ''CCS as a Climate Tool: North Sea Practice'' and ''From EU Climate Goals to National Climate Laws''Trade Review'[...], this edited collection constitutes a meaningful contribution to the literature on European and international energy law at large.' -- Matteo Fermeglia, Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law, 2020.'In the current volume, the editors have provided the reader with an overarching theme, which, according to the editors, is based on the common thread discussed in the seminar, namely the liberalization of the energy market in combination with the increased use of renewable energy sources.' -- Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, 2021.Table of ContentsTable of Contents and preliminary matter (p. 0) Introduction (p. 1) NEWCOMERS IN THE ELECTRICITY MARKET: AGGREGATORS AND STORAGE Chapter I. How is the Energy Sector Faring at the EU Courts? A Year in Review (p. 13) Chapter II. Newcomers in the Belgian Electricity Market: Aggregators (p. 35) Chapter III. Aggregation of Distributed Energy Resources in the United States: Current Uses and Potential for More Widespread Deployment (p. 57) Chapter IV. Potential Hurdles to the Regulation of Electricity Storage Development in the UK (p. 79) HYDROPOWER CONCESSIONS IN THE EU: A NEED FOR LIBERALISATION OR PRIVATISATION? Chapter V. Power-to-Gas and Hydrogen for Energy Storage under EU Energy Law (p. 101) Chapter VI. EU Law and Norwegian Hydropower Legislation: A Challenging Interface (p. 127) Chapter VII. The Legal Regime of Hydroelectric Licences in France (p. 153) Chapter VIII. Hydropower Concessions in Italy (p. 165) INVESTMENTS AND DISINVESTMENTS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR Chapter IX. Hydroelectric Concessions: The Portuguese Legal Framework (p. 173) Chapter X. The EU Approach to the Regulation of Guarantees of Origin (p. 197) Chapter XI. The Screening of Foreign Direct Investments into the European Union: Regulation 2019/452 and its Implications for Energy Investments (p. 219) Chapter XII. Closure of Nuclear Power Plants in Germany, Sweden and France: Different Strategies for Different Results (p. 245) OFFSHORE DECOMMISSIONING IN THE NORTH SEA Chapter XIII. Phasing Out Coal-Fired Power Plants in the European Union: Examples from the Netherlands and Germany (p. 261) Chapter XIV. The Regulation of Decommissioning in the Netherlands: From Removal to Re-Use (p. 289) Chapter XV. Decommissioning of Offshore Installations upon the UK Continental Shelf (p. 307) Chapter XVI. Regulation of Infrastructure Decommissioning in the Danish Offshore Oil and Gas Sector: The Final Chapter in the Danish Oil Adventure (p. 329) CCS AS A CLIMATE TOOL: NORTH SEA PRACTICE Chapter XVII. Decommissioning Practice in Norway (p. 351) Chapter XVIII. CCS Legislation in Norway: The EU CCS Directive and its Implementation into Norwegian Law (p. 369) Chapter XIX. Developments in UK Carbon Capture and Storage (p. 387) FROM EU CLIMATE GOALS TO NATIONAL CLIMATE LAWS Chapter XX. Carbon Capture and Storage in the Netherlands: A Long and Winding Process (p. 405) Chapter XXI. A Stocktake of Legal Research on the United Kingdoms Climate Change Act: Present Understandings, Future Opportunities (p. 421) Chapter XXII. The Swedish Climate Policy Framework and the Climate Act (p. 443) Chapter XXIII. Climate Litigation, Climate Act and Climate Agreement in the Netherlands (p. 457)

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the spectrum of risks posed to the development, financing, construction and operation of trans-boundary energy infrastructure and the tools that may be deployed to manage these risks. The book begins by examining trends in trans-boundary energy infrastructure and the nature of the risks – non-technical, technical and financing – which infrastructure development projects and existing operations must anticipate and manage. Individual categories of intergovernmental and host government risk will be viewed from the perspectives of leading international experts. These risks, and the tools applied to manage them, will also be viewed from the different viewpoints of the state and private sector counterparties, lenders, affected communities and other interested third parties, such as indigenous communities, individual landowners and the non-governmental organisations that typically represent their interests. Against a backdrop of global energy supply/demand dislocations, fragility in the global financial markets, increasing awareness of the impact of projects on individuals, communities and the environment (especially in the wake of the recent BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico), and medium to longer-term concerns about security of supply and climate change, it is increasingly clear that the bandwidth of risks which infrastructure developers, operators and their advisers now need to be aware of is becoming much broader.Trade ReviewOverall this book is an excellent exposition of the risks surrounding major energy infrastructure projects, and would be a useful addition to the reading list of anyone who is involved in the design, construction, operation or financing of these projects. -- Craig Jones * Sullivan and Cromwell, Global Energy Review *Table of ContentsExecutive summary 5 Introduction 13 Thomas J Dimitroff Infrastructure Development Partnership LLP Part 1: Macro-considerations Macro-risks after the panic of 2008 17 Kevin Gardiner Barclays Wealth Political risk in large projects 33 Arve Thorvik Thorvik International Consulting Part 2: Cross-border dimensions Multilateral and bilateral investment agreements 51 Tom Cummins Ronnie King Ashurst LLP Intergovernmental agreements 73 Katie Baehl R Coleson Bruce George F Goolsby Baker Botts LLP Trans-boundary energy projects and maritime transport risk 91 Glen Plant Legal consultant Cross-border regulatory risk: the EU exemption regime 129 Leigh Hancher Allen & Overy LLP Part 3: Host state perspectives Host government agreements: the investor perspective 145 Charles Lindsay Allen & Overy LLP Tax risks 159 Stuart F Schaffer Baker Botts LLP A host state perspective on risk 173 Judith H Kim Geoffrey Picton-Turbervill Ashurst LLP Part 4: The investor and other stakeholder perspectives Joint venture risks and responsibilities 183 Thomas J Dimitroff Infrastructure Development Partnership LLP Project finance and risk mitigation 201 William E Browning Infrastructure Development Partnership LLP Alexandre Chavarot William J Clinton Foundation Technical and operational risk 221 Deborah L Grubbe Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC Holistic project management and risk 229 William E Browning Yashar Latifov Infrastructure Development Partnership LLP A strategic approach to environmental and social impact assessments 239 David Blatchford Martin Lednor Infrastructure Development Partnership LLP Security risk management 257 Anthony FS Ling LPD Strategic Risk Ltd Risk, project-affected communities and their land 273 Henry Thompson Oxania Ltd About the authors 295

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Book SynopsisThis open access textbook introduces the emerging field of Development Engineering and its constituent theories, methods, and applications. It is both a teaching text for students and a resource for researchers and practitioners engaged in the design and scaling of technologies for low-resource communities. The scope is broad, ranging from the development of mobile applications for low-literacy users to hardware and software solutions for providing electricity and water in remote settings. It is also highly interdisciplinary, drawing on methods and theory from the social sciences as well as engineering and the natural sciences.The opening section reviews the history of “technology-for-development” research, and presents a framework that formalizes this body of work and begins its transformation into an academic discipline. It identifies common challenges in development and explains the book’s iterative approach of “innovation, implementation, evaluation, adaptation.” Each of the next six thematic sections focuses on a different sector: energy and environment; market performance; education and labor; water, sanitation and health; digital governance; and connectivity. These thematic sections contain case studies from landmark research that directly integrates engineering innovation with technically rigorous methods from the social sciences. Each case study describes the design, evaluation, and/or scaling of a technology in the field and follows a single form, with common elements and discussion questions, to create continuity and pedagogical consistency. Together, they highlight successful solutions to development challenges, while also analyzing the rarely discussed failures. The book concludes by reiterating the core principles of development engineering illustrated in the case studies, highlighting common challenges that engineers and scientists will face in designing technology interventions that sustainably accelerate economic development.Development Engineering provides, for the first time, a coherent intellectual framework for attacking the challenges of poverty and global climate change through the design of better technologies. It offers the rigorous discipline needed to channel the energy of a new generation of scientists and engineers toward advancing social justice and improved living conditions in low-resource communities around the world.Table of ContentsPart I: A New Discipline: Development Engineering.-Chapter 1: The Role Of Technology In Development.- Chapter 2: The Development Engineering Framework: Innovate, Evaluate, Scale.-Chapter 3: Asking the Right Questions.-Part II: Water, Sanitation and Health.-Chapter 4: Advances In Water and Health Technologies.-Chapter 5: Case Study: Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation, India (Innovation).-Chapter 6: Case Study: Information For Intermittent Water Supply, India (Evaluation).-Chapter 7: Case Study: Mobile Phone Diagnostic Microscopy, Vietnam/Cameroon (Innovation, Scale).-Part III: Governance.- Chapter 8: Technologies for Governance And Accountability.-Chapter 9: Case Study: Sensors For Aid Accountability, Rwanda (Evaluation, Scale).-Chapter 10: Case Study: High Resolution Development Indicators, Afghanistan (Evaluation, Scale).-Chapter 11: Case Study: Monitoring For Elections And Public Service Delivery, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale).-Part IV: Energy and Resources.-Chapter 12: Advances in Energy & Environmental Technologies.-Chapter 13: Case Study: Economic Impacts Of Rural Electrification, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale).-Chapter 14: Case Study: Cool Joule: Flexible Energy Loads, Nicaragua (Innovation, Evaluation).-Chapter 15: Case Study: Cookstove Monitoring and Use In East Africa (Innovation, Evaluation).-Part V: Information.-Chapter 16: Information and Communications Technology For Development.-Chapter 17: Case Study: Community Cellular Networks, Philippines (Innovation, Evaluation).-Chapter 18: Case Study: ICT Solutions To Bring Telemedicine To Rural India (Innovation).-Chapter 19: Case Study: Platforms For Development Data (ODK/Mezuri) (Innovation, Scale).-PART VI: Markets (Incorporates Agriculture).-Chapter 20: Technologies To Improve Market Performance.-Chapter 21: Case Study: Ag Market Information Platforms, India (Innovation, Evaluation, Scale).-Chapter 22: Case Study: Agricultural Trading Platforms, Uganda (Innovation, Evaluation).-Chapter 23: Case Study: Inventory And Supply Chain Tracking, Sri Lanka (Evaluation).-PART VII: Human Capital (Incorporates Labor).-Chapter 24: Increasing the Productivity of Human Capital.-Chapter 25: Case Study: Electronic Job Search Platforms, India (Evaluation, Scale).-Chapter 26: Case Study: Customized E-Learning Innovations, India (Evaluation).-Chapter 27: Case Study: TBD (Evaluation).-PART VIII: Conclusion.-Chapter 28: Promising Directions in Development Engineering.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple actionable recommendations that, if adopted, would simultaneously lead to healthy and nutritious diets, equitable and inclusive value chains, resilience to shocks and stressors, and climate and environmental sustainability.Table of Contents1:- Panel Members.- 2:- Socio-technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-food Systems Transformation.- 3;- The State of Agri-food Systems and Agri-food Value Chains in 2020.- 4:- Key External Drivers of Change to 2070.- 5;- Envisioning Four Design Objectives for 2045–70.- 6;- Getting from Here to There.- 7:- A Profuse Pipeline of Promising Options.- 8:- Socio-technical Innovation Bundles Tailored to Distinct Agri-Food Systems.- 9:- Impact Pathways.- 10:- Towards Co-creation of AFS Innovations by AVC Actors.- 11:- Technical Appendix.- References.

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Book SynopsisAlexander Freier argues that the application of blockchain technologies represents a viable option to enhance the efficiency and balancing of renewable energy.

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Book SynopsisAn inspiring look at the Clean Energy RevolutionCombining the instincts of a journalist and the insight of the leader of a national business organization at the forefront of climate policy, Bob Keefe provides the first in-depth look at how the most important climate action in history is reshaping our economy, the way we live, and the future of our planet. He shows how the future long predicted by pundits, policymakers and prognosticators has arrived, and how smart businesses and communities are seizing the opportunities that come with it. Keefe introduces readers to the next generation of clean energy entrepreneurs and innovators, and takes us to places like Kings Mountain, N.C. and Blue Oval City, Tenn., modern-day clean economy frontier towns where battery and electric vehicle factories are sprouting from fallow fields and reinvigorating communities previously bypassed by earlier economic shifts.

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Book SynopsisThis study... makes a significant contribution to the literature of international political economy. The book also is a useful point of departure for further exploration by historians of finance, economics, and business. The data on capital flows alone constitute a valuable resource for all analysts.... The book is closely argued within the author''s established methodological framework. It engages the reader in lively argument. Michael R. Adamson ? Business History ReviewBetween 1973 and 1980, the cost of crude oil rose suddenly and dramatically, precipitating convulsions in international politics. Conventional wisdom holds that international capital markets adjusted automatically and remarkably well: enormous amounts of money flowed into oil-rich states, and efficient markets then placed that new money in cash-poor Third World economies.David Spiro has followed the money trail, and the story he tells contradicts the accepted beliefs. Most of the sudden Trade ReviewThe book provides a good panorama of the global situation after OPEC increased the price of oil in the early 1970s. No previous knowledge of the issue is required, as it is very well explained and the book is well organized. In addition it looks not only at the protagonist countries, the USA and Saudi Arabia, but also includes all the surrounding political actors, and the role they played regarding their own interests. -- Gabriela Cano * Journal of Energy Literature *This study... makes a significant contribution to the literature of international political economy. The book also is a useful point of departure for further exploration by historians of finance, economics, and business. The data on capital flows alone constitute a valuable resource for all analysts.... The book is closely argued within the author's established methodological framework. It engages the reader in lively argument. -- Michael R. Adamson * Business History Review *

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Book SynopsisOil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no plastic, no exotic produce, and a global political landscape few would recognise. Humanity’s dependence upon oil looks set to continue for decades to come, but what is it? Fully updated and packed with fascinating facts to fuel dinner party debate, Professor Vaclav Smil's Oil: A Beginner's Guide explains all matters related to the ‘black stuff’, from its discovery in the earth right through to the controversy that surrounds it today.Trade Review'“There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil" -- Bill Gates'Smil's...ability to condense so much detail on a broad range of topics from science to economics in such a short work is as impressive as his command of the subject matter.' -- Jason P. Theriot - Energy and Environmental consultant'In a fluent, easy style [Smil] delves into the world of oil from its discovery on the ground through to its effect on prices at the petrol pumps, and to its impact on future generations.' * The Good Book Guide *'Everything most people — including most economists and investment advisors — should know about the physics and economics of oil.' * National Post *'A well-balanced, concise, and readable synthesis of oil-related facts and history.' * Technology and Culture *

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the development of artificial light in the nineteenth century. This title reveals the ways that the technology of artificial illumination helped forge modern consciousness. It discusses a range of subject including the political symbolism of street lamps, the rise of night-life and the shop window, and more.

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Book SynopsisThe Saudi royal family has survived the events of the Arab Spring intact and unscathed. Any major upheavals were ostensibly averted with the help of oil revenues, while the Kingdom's influential clerics conveniently declared all forms of protest to be against Islam. Saudi dollars bent events to the Kingdom's will in the Arab world--particularly in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, but also in Egypt and Lebanon, Saudi cash has had a profound impact.Does this mean that all is well in Saudi Arabia itself, which has an extremely youthful population ruled by a gerontocracy? Problems endemic in Egypt, Tunisia and Syria--youth unemployment, corruption and repression--are also evident in the Kingdom and while young Saudis may not yet be taking to the streets, on Twitter and Facebook their discontent is manifest.Saudi Arabia remains the dominant player in the Gulf, and the fall of the House of Saud would have explosive repercussions on the GCC while the knock-on effect worldwide would be immeasurable. Saudi Arabia is the only oil exporter capable of acting as a 'swing producer', a fact of which this book reminds us. Aarts and Roelants have drawn a compelling picture of a Middle East power which, while not presently endangered, may soon deviate from the trajectory established by the House of Saud.Trade Review'A lively narrative that conveys a wealth of information in an easily accessible way. Their chapters cover a spectrum of topics including oil, education, the demographic time-bomb ... the "digital explosion" of social media, and the 'two-edged sword of Islam' that permits troublesome clerics to criticise the regime in suitably veiled language.' * Financial Times *'A timely, fascinating, and most importantly multi-faceted insight into the deepening troubles of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Essential reading for those seeking greater knowledge of an otherwise opaque and inscrutable polity.' * Christopher Davidson, author of After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies *

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Trade ReviewAn accessible text with a strong structure that provides a launch pad for further exploration. * Murray Collins, London School of Economics (LSE) *Table of ContentsContents ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; 1. Fundamentals ; What is energy, and what is power? ; Is most energy that people use derived from nuclear energy? ; What is the origin of nuclear energy? ; What is radioactivity? ; Why is ionizing radiation a health concern? ; What is radioactive half-life, and how can knowing it help increase countries' security? ; How much more energetic is nuclear energy compared to chemical energy? ; Why has it been so difficult to commercialize nuclear fusion? ; How was nuclear fission discovered? ; What role, if any, did Albert Einstein play in the discovery of nuclear energy? ; What is a fission chain reaction? ; What is uranium, where did it come from, and how was it discovered? ; What is plutonium, how was it discovered, and how hazardous is it? ; Why can't nuclear reactors explode like a nuclear bomb? ; What is the nuclear fuel cycle? ; Why are certain activities in the nuclear fuel cycle called <"dual-use>"? ; What are the various uranium enrichment methods? ; What are the nuclear

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive overview of trading and risk management in the energy markets Energy Trading and Risk Management provides a comprehensive overview of global energy markets from one of the foremost authorities on energy derivatives and quantitative finance.Table of ContentsPreface xiii Acknowledgments xxv About the Author xxvii About the Contributors xxix Chapter 1 Energy Markets Fundamentals 1 1.1 Physical Forward and Futures Markets 3 1.2 Spot Market 5 1.3 Intraday Market 10 1.4 Balancing and Reserve Market 10 1.5 Congestion Revenue Rights, Financial Transmission Rights, and Transmission Congestion Contracts 11 1.6 Chapter Wrap-Up 12 References 13 Chapter 2 Quant Models in the Energy Markets: Role and Limitations 15 2.1 Spot Prices 17 2.1.1 Random Walk Jump-Diffusion Model 19 2.1.2 Mean Reversion: Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process 23 2.1.3 Mean Reversion: Schwartz Type 1 Stochastic Process 25 2.1.4 Mean Reversion with Jumps 25 2.1.5 Two-Factor Model 26 2.1.6 Negative Prices 27 2.2 Forward Prices 28 2.2.1 Forward and Futures Markets 28 2.2.2 Contango and Backwardation 30 2.3 Chapter Wrap-Up 31 References 31 Chapter 3 Plain Vanilla Energy Derivatives 33 3.1 Definition of Energy Derivatives 34 3.2 Global Commodity Exchanges 35 3.3 Energy Derivatives Pricing Models 36 3.4 Settlement 37 3.5 Energy Derivatives Quant Models: Role and Limitations 38 3.6 Options 40 3.6.1 Volatility 42 3.7 Vanilla Options 43 3.7.1 Option Style 44 3.7.2 Exchange-Traded and Over-the-Counter Options 44 3.7.3 In-the-Money, At-the-Money, and Out-of-the-Money Options 45 3.7.4 Put-Call Parity 46 3.8 European Options 47 3.9 American Options 50 3.10 Swaps 52 3.11 Swaps to Futures 54 3.12 Chapter Wrap-Up 54 References 54 Chapter 4 Exotic Energy Derivatives 59 4.1 Asian Options 60 4.1.1 Classes of Asian Options 61 4.1.2 Payoffs of Asian Options 62 4.1.3 Solutions to Asian Options 63 4.1.4 Asian Options in the Energy Markets 63 4.2 Barrier Options 63 4.2.1 Eight Types of Barrier Options 64 4.2.2 Partial Barrier Options 65 4.2.3 Solutions to Barrier Options 66 4.2.4 Barrier Options in the Energy Markets 66 4.3 Digital Options 66 4.3.1 Types of Digital Options 67 4.3.2 Solutions to Digital Options 69 4.3.3 Digital Options in the Energy Markets 69 4.4 Real Options 71 4.4.1 Real Options in the Electric Power Markets 71 4.4.2 Case Study: Real Options in the Oil Markets 72 4.4.3 Limitations of the Real Options Valuation Paradigm 73 4.5 Multiasset Options 74 4.5.1 Pricing Multiasset Options 74 4.6 Spread Options 75 4.6.1 Crack Spreads 76 4.6.2 Spark Spreads 82 4.6.3 Dark Spreads 85 4.7 Perpetual American Options 86 4.7.1 Perpetual American Options in the Power Industry 87 4.8 Compound Options 87 4.8.1 Tolling Agreements: Example of Compound Options in Power Markets 89 4.9 Swaptions 90 4.9.1 Energy Swaptions 91 4.10 Swing Options 92 4.11 Chapter Wrap-Up 94 References 94 Chapter 5 Risk Management and Hedging Strategies 99 5.1 Introduction to Hedging 102 5.2 Price Risk 104 5.3 Basis Risk 107 5.3.1 Basis Risk Case Study 108 5.3.2 Metallgesellchaft Case: Stack and Roll Hedging Disaster 109 5.4 The Option “Greeks” 110 5.5 Delta Hedging 111 5.6 Gamma Hedging 113 5.7 Vega Hedging 115 5.8 Cross-Hedging Greeks 116 5.9 Quant Models Used to Manage Energy Risk: Role and Limitations 116 5.9.1 Regression Analysis 117 5.9.2 Stress Test 120 5.9.3 Value at Risk 123 5.10 Chapter Wrap-Up 124 References 124 Chapter 6 Illustrations of Hedging with Energy Derivatives 127 6.1 Hedging with Futures Contracts 129 6.1.1 Case Studies and Examples: Hedging with Futures Contracts 130 6.1.2 Risks Associated with Hedging with Futures Contracts 138 6.2 Hedging with Forward Contracts 141 6.3 Hedging with Options 143 6.3.1 Case Study: Call Options Used to Set a “Cap” on Gasoline Prices 143 6.3.2 Example: How Power Generators Use Options on Futures to Hedge 144 6.3.3 Example: How End Users Utilize Options on Futures to Hedge 145 6.3.4 Example: How Power Marketers Use Options on Futures to Hedge 145 6.4 Hedging with Swaps 146 6.4.1 Example: Fuel Swap 148 6.4.2 Example: Electricity Swap 149 6.4.3 Case Study: Natural Gas Basis Swap 150 6.5 Hedging with Crack Spread Options 151 6.5.1 Case Study: Hedging with Crack Spread Options 153 6.6 Hedging with Spark Spreads 154 6.6.1 Case Study: Power Producer Uses Spark Spread to Protect Margin 154 6.7 Hedging with Other Energy Derivatives 157 6.8 Chapter Wrap-Up 158 References 158 Chapter 7 Speculation 161 7.1 Convergence of Energy and Financial Markets 162 7.2 Trading Terminology 167 7.3 Energy Products Trading Codes 169 7.4 Futures Trading Symbols: Month Code Abbreviation 170 7.5 Fundamental and Technical Analyses 171 7.6 Trading Tools: Charts and Quotes 173 7.7 Energy Trading Market Participants 176 7.8 Speculation in the Oil Markets 182 7.9 Speculation in the Electricity Markets 184 7.10 Speculation in the Natural Gas Markets 185 7.11 Chapter Wrap-Up 187 References 187 Chapter 8 Energy Portfolios 191 8.1 Modern Portfolio Theory 192 8.2 Energy Portfolio Management 196 8.3 Optimization of Electricity Portfolios 197 8.3.1 Case Study: Economic Load Dispatch of a Portfolio of Gas-fired Power Plants 199 8.4 Optimization of Gas Portfolios 201 8.5 Other Energy Portfolio Management Models 203 8.6 Chapter Wrap-Up 203 References 204 Chapter 9 Hedging Nonlinear Payoffs Using Options: The Case of a New Subsidies Regime for Renewables 207 9.1 Renewable Energy, Options Pricing, and Government Subsidies 209 9.1.1 Power Assets Modeled as a Vanilla Call Option 210 9.1.2 Strike Price of a Wind Turbine 211 9.1.3 Levelized Cost Price of Electricity 211 9.1.4 Wind Turbines’ Competitiveness on the Electricity Market 213 9.2 Government Subsidies as a Stochastic Process 216 9.3 Impact of Embedded Options and Stochastic Subsidies on Pricing and Risk Management 219 9.3.1 Pricing of a Wind Turbine and Subsidies as an Embedded Option 219 9.3.2 Tail Risk and Hedging Options with Options 222 9.4 Chapter Wrap-Up 224 References 225 Chapter 10 Case Study: Hydro Power Generation and Behavioral Finance in the U.S. Pacific Northwest 227 10.1 An Overview of Behavioral Finance 229 10.2 Behavioral Finance in Energy Economics 231 10.3 Power Generation in the Pacific Northwest 232 10.4 Behavioral Financing of Projects in the Pacific Northwest 235 10.5 Northwest Power Planning 239 10.5.1 Resource Availability 239 10.5.2 Resource Cost 239 10.5.3 System Flexibility 240 10.5.4 Cost Effectiveness 241 10.5.5 Transmission 241 10.6 Chapter Wrap-Up 241 Reference 242 Bibliography 243 Index 259

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Book SynopsisA stronger, more informed approach to the energy markets The Energy World Is Flat provides a forward-looking analysis of the energy markets and addresses the implications of their rapid transformation.Trade Review“For industry analysts, this blogger included, it’s a brilliant and realistic assessment of the state of affairs and what potential investors should or shouldn’t look to” (Oilholics Synonymous Report, April 2015)Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Mother of All Battles. The Flattening and Globalization of the Energy World 1 Chapter 2 Lessons from the Internet Revolution and the Dotcom Bubble 11 Chapter 3 The 10 Forces that are Flattening the Energy World 31 Chapter 4 Flattener #1 – Geopolitics: The Two Sides of the Energy Security Coin 35 Chapter 5 Flattener #2 – The Energy Reserves and Resources Glut 53 Sorry, No Peak Oil 64 No Peak Gas Either 76 Chapter 6 Flattener #3 – Horizontal Drilling and Fracking 85 Chapter 7 Flattener #4 – The Energy Broadband 103 Chapter 8 Flattener #5 – Overcapacity 117 Chapter 9 Flattener #6 – Globalization, Industrialization, and Urbanization 123 Chapter 10 Flattener #7 – Demand Destruction 131 Chapter 11 Flattener #8 – Demand Displacement 135 The Battle for Transportation Demand 135 The Battle for Electricity and Industrial Demand 148 The Energy Domino 151 Chapter 12 Flattener #9 – Regulation and Government Intervention 159 Regulation vs. Free Markets 160 The War on Pollution and Coal 165 Renewable Energy and the Disinflation of Power Prices 172 Biofuels and Food Inflation 193 Chapter 13 Flattener #10 – Fiscal, Monetary, and Macroeconomic Flatteners 207 The Btu that Broke OPEC’s Back 209 The Oil Tax Weapon 214 Monetary Experiments and the Credit Risk Time Bomb 220 Financial Flows. Let’s Blame the Speculators 232 Chapter 14 Implications and Opportunities in the Financial Markets 245 Concluding Remarks 275 Appendix For a Competitive European Energy Policy 279 Index 289

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Book SynopsisWith twenty-two chapters written by leading international experts, this volume represents the most detailed and comprehensive Handbook on electricity markets ever published.Trade Review'The electricity sector - the backbone of the modern economy - is under tremendous pressure right now. Because of climate change, it is being asked to both grow at a much faster pace than it has historically and, at the same time, fundamentally transform its operations. There is no better time for a comprehensive volume with an all-star list of contributors - hats off to Glachant, Joskow and Pollitt.' -- Catherine Wolfram, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Electricity Markets 1 Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul L. Joskow and Michael G. Pollitt PART I TAKING STOCK: THE LEGACY 2 Strengths and weaknesses of traditional arrangements for electricity supply 13 Richard Schmalensee 3 Optimal wholesale pricing and investment in generation: the basics 36 Paul L. Joskow and Thomas-Olivier L.autier 4 Wholesale electricity market design 73 Frank A. Wolak 5 The evolution of competitive retail electricity markets 111 Stephen Littlechild 6 Strengths and weaknesses of the British market model 156 David Newbery 7 Strengths and weaknesses of the PJM market model 182 William W. Hogan 8 ERCOT: success (so far) and lessons learned 205 Ross Baldick, Shmuel S. Oren, Eric S. Schubert and Kenneth Anderson 9 Lessons from Australia’s National Electricity Market 1998–2018: strengths and weaknesses of the reform experience 242 Paul Simshauser 10 Strengths and weaknesses of the Nordic market model 287 Chlo. Le Coq and Sebastian Schwenen 11 The evolution of the European model for electricity markets 308 Fabien Roques PART II ADAPTING TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW POLICY PRIORITIES 12 New technologies on the supply side 332 Nils May and Karsten Neuhoff 13 New technologies on the demand side 353 Fereidoon Sioshansi 14 Tools and policies to promote decarbonization of the electricity sector 383 Kathryne Cleary, Carolyn Fischer and Karen Palmer 15 Shifting supply as well as demand: the new economics of electricity with high renewables 408 Richard Green 16 The future design of the electricity market 428 Michael G. Pollitt 17 New business models in the electricity sector 443 Jean-Michel Glachant 18 Electrifying transport: issues and opportunities 463 Bentley C. Clinton, Christopher R. Knittel and Konstantinos Metaxoglou 19 Electrification of residential and commercial heating 506 Mathilde Fajardy and David M. Reiner 20 Harnessing the power of integration to achieve universal electricity access: the case for the Integrated Distribution Framework 540 Ignacio J. P.rez-Arriaga, Divyam Nagpal, Gr.goire Jacquot and Robert Stoner 21 Reforming China’s electricity industry: national aspiration, bureaucratic empires, local interests 568 Xu Yi-chong 22 The evolution of electricity sectors in Africa: ongoing obstacles and emerging opportunities to reach universal targets 595 Vivien Foster, Anton Eberhard and Gabrielle Dyson Index 629

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Book SynopsisRevealing how the key fuel of the global era affects the communities where petroleum is extracted, this beautifully written ethnography describes how the Cofán people are surviving at the center of the Ecuadorian oil industry.Trade ReviewCepek's account of the Cofàn people's experiences, their lives literally rooted in some of Amazonia's most contentious and contaminated oil fields, is an extraordinary new testament…an essential addition to our collective library. * American Ethnologist *The book makes for a fascinating read and is refreshing in its writing style . . . it raises important questions of autonomy and self-determination of a people and speaks to critical debates raging at present within the academia. * Conservation and Society *For scholars and students interested in questions of oil, the environment, and indigeneity—or simply curious about what counts as great ethnography and how it might be done—the book is a must-read. * Environment and Society *This book will help lay audiences and introductory students learn about the hydrocarbon industry's impacts on the Ecuadorian Amazon from a heavily Cofán perspective. Scholars of Indigenous Amazonia will appreciate the ethnographic detail regarding the lives of Cofán people and communities. * Journal of Latin American Geography *Cepek's book records the experience of the Cofan People in Ecuador's Aguarico River region for over 25 years, before they knew what this black sticky stuff was, and puts hard fact to the decades long legal battle between Chevron (Texaco) and the locals. It's quite a compelling informative and an unbiased read. * Intentional Paradigms *[P]owerful, moving, and accessible…This book is highly recommended for students learning about indigenous peoples and resource extraction, the ethics of energy, and contemporary life in the Amazon, and should be at the top of everyone's list of ethnographies written for a broader, public audience. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Profoundly nuanced and empathetic…Cepek produces one of the more realistic accounts of the effects of oil on everyday life in a community on the frontlines of oil extraction. * Anthropological Quarterly *Life in Oil is an extraordinarily insightful ethnography that stakes out new ground in understanding indigenous life in Amazonia and survival beyond all odds. * HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory *[Life in Oil] is a compelling complication of popular anthropological and environmental narratives about the Amazon. It is without doubt a direct refutation of any claim that petroleum operations in Ecuador have caused no harm to the Cofán…This book needs to be read widely, especially outside of anthropology, and outside the classroom...This book pushes open a clearing, and makes a place where outsiders can stop to consider what is happening in the Ecuadorian Amazon. * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *Based on my own research in the region, Cepek’s work is extremely credible. It is rare to have a view of local culture that is so respectful of the importance of individual agency, and so understanding of the diversity of perspectives and practices within an indigenous society. Only with this understanding is it possible to understand ongoing change as the product of adaptive choices...[Life in Oil] is a highly readable book that can be recommended for classroom use. * Bulletin of Latin American Research *Table of Contents A Note on the Photographs A Note on Corporate Actors List of Important Individuals Chapter 1. Black Water Chapter 2. Dureno Chapter 3. The Death of Yori’ye Chapter 4. The Cocama Arrive Chapter 5. Damaged World Chapter 6. Prohibition and Protest Chapter 7. The Possibility of Coexistence Chapter 8. Life in Oil Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisJohannes Urpelainen provides an expert guide to India’s energy and environmental issues that incorporates both domestic and global perspectives. He details how unequal economic development and rapid population growth have brought the country to its current state.Trade ReviewUrpelainen provides a social and historical context for the development of India’s environment and energy policy since independence. Not many books do this in an approachable manner, and hence Energy and Environment in India is a welcome intervention. The book convincingly makes the case that meeting India’s growing energy needs sustainably is central to maintaining the global carbon budget. -- Kaushik Deb, Columbia UniversityUrpelainen’s analysis addresses two of 21st century India’s most entrenched, interrelated policy and political challenges: expanding energy access while also protecting a fragile environment. The volume, which deftly situates these problems within their complex social, political, and historical settings, will be equally valuable for researchers, students, and policymakers. -- Sunila S. Kale, University of WashingtonThe book convincingly argues that to produce fair, equitable, and sustainable outcomes for almost two billion Indians, the country must strive for a sustainable future through democratic norms. It’s a great reference book to understand India’s domestic issues and its role in the global energy and environment politics. * The Hindu *An excellent model through which we might argue for the utility of history in environment and energy policy. * H-Environment *Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Foundations and History2. Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation3. Governance and Policy4. Flexing Muscle in Global Environmental Politics5. The Future of Energy and Environment in IndiaNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWith the World desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gasses, nuclear power is back on the agenda and in the news, following the increasing cost of fossil fuels and concerns about the security of their future supply. However, the term ''nuclear power'' causes anxiety in many people and there is confusion concerning the nature and extent of the associated risks. Here, Maxwell Irvine presents a concise introduction to the development of nuclear physics leading up to the emergence of the nuclear power industry. He discusses the nature of nuclear energy and deals with various aspects of public concern, considering the risks of nuclear safety, the cost of its development, and waste disposal. Dispelling some of the widespread confusion about nuclear energy, Irvine considers the relevance of nuclear power, the potential of nuclear fusion, and encourages informed debate about its potential.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade Reviewhere's your chance to become an instant expert * The Times *Table of Contents1. A new science is born ; 2. A new technology is developed ; 3. Thermal nuclear reactors ; 4. Nuclear fuel reprocessing and radioactive waste management ; 5. Nuclear safety ; 6. The cost of nuclear power ; 7. Nuclear fusion power ; 8. The need for nuclear power ; Appendix

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Book SynopsisThis book explains clearly how and where groundwater occurs, how it is used and how it is at risk.

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Book SynopsisIndustry insiderâs candid account of the genesis and evolution of the oil and gas industry in Canada.Trade Review"Arne Nielsen, 87, is a Petroleum Hall of Famer. Nielsen was 'chief executive politician' of Mobil Oil Canada, as he puts it; discoverer of the Pembina No. 1 field at Drayton Valley, Alta.; twice chairman of the Canadian Petroleum Association; famed foe of the National Energy Program. His career spanned the biggest energy boom in history - a 'golden age,' Nielsen calls it." Holly Doan, Blacklock's Reporter#5 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of December 14, 2012."Arne - everyone refers to him by his first name - is lucid, insightful and passionate. A member of the Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame, his lively anecdotes and candid assessments of the many battles he survived fill his biography." David Finch, Calgary Herald#1 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of January 12, 2013.#7 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of March 23, 2013."Author Nielsen is a former CEO of a major oil company in Canada. During his 60-year career in the Canadian petroleum business, he discovered a major oil field in Alberta and helped develop the energy policies adopted by the Mulroney government. In this memoir he stresses political aspects of the petroleum industry, offering an insider's perspective on the motivations and machinations of key figures behind the scenes." Book News Inc., 2013"The oil industry is a tumultuous one, one that often calls for risk. We Gambled Everything is a memoir from Arne Nielsen who offers his insights.... [It] is a fascinating tale..." Midwest Book Review, June 2013#1 on the Calgary Herald's Bestsellers list for the week of June 9, 2013.“The author, a prominent retired Canadian oil geologist and senior industry executive, captures in his memoirs the excitement of oil discoveries on the Alberta and Saskatchewan plains during the 1940s and ’50s…. [H]e shares the excitement of locating the multibillion barrel Pembina oilfield in 1953, that has become one of the most productive fields in North America…. Nielsen analyzes the changes in Canadian federal energy policies that have dramatically affected the level of oil and gas investment, exploration, and development in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, eastern Canada off shore, and in the Northwest Territories.” -- Allan Edward Ingelson * Great Plains Research, Vol. 24, No. 2 *#1 on the Calgary Herald Bestseller list. * Calgary Herald *

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Book SynopsisThe global energy transition from carbon-intensive to renewable fuels has increasingly demanded a better understanding of the causes and consequences of the rapid development of unconventional oil and gas. Focusing on key countries including the United States, Canada, China, Argentina, the United Kingdom and Australia, this book consists of case studies and in-depth analyses that weigh up the risks and rewards at regional, national and global scales. Explaining how and why unconventional fuels are transforming the global energy landscape, the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are explored through a political, economic and governance-based perspective. Emphasis is placed on how to regulate the industry, encompassing local issues, stakeholder engagement and the social licence to operate. The new baseline studies and standards introduced in this book provide a timely insight into the trade-offs across the social, economic and environmental domains, making this ideal for researchers and policymakers in energy fields, and for graduate students.Trade Review'Risks, Rewards and Regulation of Unconventional Gas is a useful and thought-provoking book. It provides a foundation for further research and analysis. A complete reading brings to the surface two general issues that might otherwise lay hidden in the deeper strata of law and policy. First, what is the role of higher-order rules in the development of unconventional gas? … Second, the book also raises (by the vacuum of omission) the most interesting and important question in natural resources law today: to what degree are governments and institutions victims of 'regulatory capture'?' James Hickling, The Cambridge Law JournalTable of ContentsForeword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The rise of unconventional gas: the story so far Ian Cronshaw, R. Quentin Grafton and Michal Moore; 2. Geopolitical dimensions of global unconventional gas perspectives Frank Umbach; 3. Unconventional gas development in Asia-Pacific: looking for common ground Juan Roberto Lozano-Maya; 4. Unconventional hydrocarbons and the US technology revolution Martin Evans; 5. Risks and opportunities of unconventional natural gas: Australia and the United States Ian Cronshaw and R. Quentin Grafton; 6. Economics of shale gas in the United States Francis O'Sullivan; 7. Unconventional natural gas in China LV Jianzhong and Zhang Huanzhi; 8. The Argentina approach for developing unconventional gas resources Luis Stinco and Silvia Barredo; 9. Unconventional gas in the United Kingdom Michael Bradshaw; 10. Alberta natural gas: landlocked largesse Michal Moore; 11. Managing the regulatory risk of unconventional natural gas Michal Moore; 12. Regulation of unconventional gas in Colombia Ana Cristina Sánchez-Thorin and Orlando Cabrales; 13. Regulation of unconventional gas in India Vijay Kelkar and Rahool Panandikar; 14. Failure to frack: pitfalls of governance and risk in Polish shale gas Michael Carnegie LaBelle; 15. Unconventional gas regulation in Australia and the US: case studies of four jurisdictions Ian Cronshaw and R. Quentin Grafton; 16. Regulation of unconventional hydrocarbons in Alberta, Canada Michal Moore; 17. When unconventional becomes conventional: regulation of natural gas development in British Columbia, Canada Paul Jeakins; 18. Leading practice regulation for unconventional reservoir development in South Australia Barry Goldstein, Michael Malavazos and Belinda Hayter; 19. Best practice for community engagement: determining who and what is at stake? Peta Ashworth; 20. Managing the impact of coal seam gas water extraction in the Surat basin Randall Cox; 21. Whole of landscape assessment and planning in the management of unconventional natural gas exploration and production in Australia John Williams, Ann Milligan and Tim Stubbs; 22. Unconventional energy in British Columbia: a post-Tsilhqot'in view William Nikolakis; 23. Fugitive emissions from coal seam gas production Stuart Day; Appendix; Glossary; Index.

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Book SynopsisExploration seismology uses seismic imaging to form detailed images of the Earth''s interior, enabling the location of likely petroleum targets. Due to the size of seismic datasets, sophisticated numerical algorithms are required. This book provides a technical guide to the essential algorithms and computational aspects of data processing, covering the theory and methods of seismic imaging. The first part introduces an extensive online library of MATLAB seismic data processing codes maintained by the CREWES project at the University of Calgary. Later chapters then focus on digital signal theory and relevant aspects of wave propagation and seismic modelling, followed by deconvolution and seismic migration methods. Presenting a rigorous explanation of how to construct seismic images, it provides readers with practical tools and codes to pursue research projects and analyses. It is ideal for advanced students and researchers in applied geophysics, and for practicing exploration geoscientiTrade Review'This book is a masterpiece in scope and content. It explains the essential algorithms and computational aspects of data processing, covering the theory and methods of seismic imaging. A particularly outstanding feature is that it gives useful methods and tools to pursue research projects and analyses - representing the way that things should be taught in the computer age. For this reason, it should be adopted in the undergraduate curriculum and will be a wonderful resource for graduate students and researchers in applied geophysics. Practicing geoscientists will also welcome this book as it will make their daily tasks easier and more productive.' Enders Robinson, Columbia University, New York City'The authors are to be commended for putting together this valuable resource which will instantly be highly useful to many geophysicists in the academic and industrial communities. The book is a pleasing and unusual mixture of rigorous geophysical signal processing theory and practical concepts, algorithms and code snippets. The MATLAB library functions and scripts that are provided or available for download will prove indispensable to all readers.' Peter Cary, Chief Geophysicist, TGS Canada'… Numerical Methods of Exploration Seismology and its elegant MATLAB codes are a must for explorationists' bookshelves.' Sven Treitel, The Leading EdgeTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction to MATLAB and seismic data; 2. Signal theory – continuous; 3. Signal theory – discrete; 4. Wave propagation and seismic modelling; 5. Deconvolution – the estimation of reflectivity; 6. Velocity measures and ray tracing; 7. Elementary migration methods; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Gulf of Mexico Basin is one of the most prolific hydrocarbon-producing basins in the world, with an estimated endowment of 200 billion barrels of oil equivalent. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the basin, spanning the US, Mexico and Cuba. Topics covered include conventional and unconventional reservoirs, source rocks and associated tectonics, basin evolution from the Mesozoic to Cenozoic Era, and different regions of the basin from mature onshore fields to deep-water subsalt plays. Cores, well logs and seismic lines are all discussed providing local, regional and basin-scale insights. The scientific implications of seminal events in the basin''s history are also covered, including sedimentary effects of the Chicxulub Impact. Containing over 200 color illustrations and 50 stratigraphic cross-sections and paleogeographic maps, this is an invaluable resource for petroleum industry professionals, as well as graduate students and researchers interested in basin analysis, Trade Review'The clarity of the writing, the inclusion of boxes that explain modes of interpretation, and the quality and number of figures (half of them rendered in beautiful colors) contribute significantly to supporting a unique narrative that considers both the small- and big-picture concepts associated with the dynamic paleogeography of this large geographic region. The accompanying scholarly apparatus, including a glossary of terms and a reference section comprising over 800 citations, cannot fail to impress. There is no doubt that this in-depth compilation will remain the essential reference for geologists and petroleum engineers studying and working in the Gulf of Mexico region for decades to come.' P. R. Pinet, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I. Introduction: 1. Introduction: tectonic and stratigraphic framework; Part II. Mesozoic Depositional Evolution: 2. Post-orogenic successor basin-fill and rifting phase; 3. Middle Mesozoic drift and cooling phase; 4. Late Mesozoic local tectonic and crustal heating phase; Part III. Cenozoic Depositional Evolution: 5. Cenozoic depositional history 1: Paleogene laramide phase; 6. Cenozoic depositional history 2: Middle Cenozoic geothermal phase; 7. Cenozoic depositional history 3: Neogene tectono-climatic phase; 8. Cenozoic depositional synthesis; Part IV. Petroleum Habitat: 9. Gulf of Mexico petroleum habitat; Glossary; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisAfrica''s rapid population growth and urbanisation has made its socioeconomic development a global priority. But as China ramps up its assistance in bridging Africa''s basic infrastructure gap to the detriment of institutions building, warnings of a debt trap have followed. Building upon an extensive body of evidence, the editors argue that developing institutions and infrastructure are two equally desirable but organisationally incompatible objectives. In conceptualising this duality by design, a new theoretical framework proposes better understanding of the differing approaches to development espoused by traditional agencies, such as the World Bank, and emergent Chinese agencies. This new framing moves the debate away from the fruitless search for a ''superior'' form of organising, and instead suggests looking for complementarities in competing forms of organising for development. For students and researchers in international business, strategic and public management, and complex sysTrade Review'With a wealth of empirical evidence, this book exposes a fundamental choice underlying infrastructure development in Africa and elsewhere. Western development agencies emphasize institution-building, good governance and transparency with the result that investment is slow. In contrast, Chinese agencies seek to get it done so that investment is quick, but possibly unsustainable. Foreshadows a new era of geopolitics on the African continent.' Carliss Y. Baldwin, Harvard Business School'Africa's capacity for prosperity - which depends on the development of its infrastructure - is central to our way of life for a slate of reasons that are laid out in this terrific book. Gil explains what it will take to assure Africa's stability and security. This is essential reading for scholars interested in the construction of institutions, and for anyone interested in international political economy.' Anita McGahan, University of Toronto'Duality by design: The Global Race to Build Africa's Infrastructure is a rich and thought-provoking work, whose data and conclusions illuminate the Latin American reflection on the challenges in the development of infrastructure projects.' Rafael Valim, President of the Brazilian Institute of Legal Studies in Infrastructure (2014–16) and editor of the Brazilian Journal of Infrastructure'Africa has a rapidly growing population, which is projected to reach forty percent of the world's population by 2100. This rapid growth in population highlights the challenges presented by an infrastructure which is already woefully inadequate. Drawing on an extensive body of research, this book focusses on the incompatibility between building institutions and capital investment, a fundamental question that will become ever more pressing as the growth in population demands better infrastructure to serve it. The Western approach of institutional building as a necessary precursor to investment contrasts sharply with the Chinese focus on speed of investment, a contrast which will become more sharply drawn and debated in the future. This book makes a valuable contribution to that debate and is essential reading for all those interested in the provision of infrastructure to meet the needs of the growing population of Africa.' John Roberts, Former CEO of United Utilities'This book presents a new, probing and insightful slant on the well-trodden discussion of the duality involved in promoting infrastructure development in emerging market countries with weak institutions. Rather than treating this as a dilemma with dichotomous alternatives, each with its pros and cons, this book delivers hard-hitting arguments and multiple case studies to support the idea of looking for hybrid organizational solutions that can maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of both approaches. It poses questions that can help to launch a new set of research and experimentation in support of the aspirations and goals of both the local populations and the grantee countries and multilateral institutions that support infrastructure development. It is well worth a read!' Raymond E. Levitt, Kumagai Professor of Engineering Emeritus and Director of the Global Projects Center, Stanford University'Duality by Design is critical reading for anyone wanting to understand the dynamics of global development and the options we have for constructing a world that serves us all. It provokes us to think differently, to see alternative paths to progress, to more deeply understand challenges in developing economies, to open a more expansive conversation and to engage in a constructive debate about our collective future.' Sara Beckman, University of California, Berkeley'Duality by Design: The Global Race to build Africa's Infrastructure is laying out two development models that are implemented in a vast number of countries across Africa. … One model puts emphasis on investments and enhanced capacity while the other is following an approach of aligning infrastructure investments with much-needed institutional capacity building and governance. Perhaps the two models will need to come together to make a real development impact for the continent. A great start for a much-needed discussion on effectiveness of infrastructure development in Africa.' Benedict L. J. Eijbergen, The World Bank'This book has brought together some of the finest minds within the academic and research fields, who have real knowledge and understanding of the complex challenges faced by governments and their international agencies, and global private sector enterprises in responding, at a relevant scale, to the infrastructure needs of Africa. They have articulated the risks of not meeting this urgent challenge, while clearly acknowledging the risks of doing so. They have dared to confront these challenges, and to think very radically; nothing less will suffice.' Ian Reeves, Chairman, The Estates and Infrastructure Exchange, eix.globalTable of ContentsForeword Phanish Puranam; Acknowledgements; 1. Duality by design: the global race to build Africa's infrastructure Nuno Gil, Anne Stafford and Innocent Musonda; 2. Why the lights went out: a capability perspective on the unintended consequences of sector reform processes Hagen Worch, Mundia Kabinga, Anton Eberhard, Jochen Markard and Bernhard Truffer; 3. When the quest for electricity reform and the need for investment collide: South Africa, 1998–2004 Nchimunya Hamukoma and Brian Levy; 4. Institutional enablers of energy system transition: lessons from solar PV in eight African countries Valerie J. Karplus, Donald R. Lessard, Ninad Rajpurkar and Arun Singh; 5. Harnessing Africa's energy resources through regional infrastructure projects Amy Rose, Ignacio Pérez-Arriaga, Robert Stoner and Richard de Neufville; 6. Centralized vs decentralized generation in Zambia: meeting electricity demand in the context of climate change Malik Ismail, Murray Metcalfe and Madeleine McPherson; 7. Delivering healthcare infrastructure and services through public private partnerships: the Lesotho case Mark Hellowell; 8. Achieving long-term financial sustainability in African infrastucture projects Anne Stafford, Pamela Stapleton and Cletus Agyemin-Boateng; 9. A proactive social infrastructure model for future mixed-use housing in Egypt Wafaa Hussein Nadim; 10. Collective action under the shadow of contractual governance: the case of a participatory approach to upgrade Cairo's 'garbage cities' Nuno Gil and Samuel C. MacAulay; 11. Kenya's Madaraka express: an example of the decisive Chinese impulse for African mega infrastructure projects Uwe Wissenbach; 12. No one-size-fits-all organisational solution: learning from railway developments in South Africa and Ethiopia Innocent Musonda, Trynos Gumbo, Boniface Bwanyire, Walter Musakwa, Chioma Okoro and Nuno Gil; 13. Building institutions or capital investment? Organisational duality in the pursuit of socioeconomic development Nuno Gil, Jeff Pinto and Rehema Msulwa; Afterword Nuno Gil.

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Book SynopsisExploiting Seismic Waveforms introduces a range of recent developments in seismology including the application of correlation techniques, understanding of multi-scale heterogeneity and the extraction of structure and source information by seismic waveform inversion. It provides a full treatment of correlation methods for seismic noise and event signals, and develops inverse methods for both sources and structure. Higher frequency components of seismograms are frequently neglected, or removed by filtering, but they contain information about seismic structure on scales that cannot be revealed by seismic tomography. Sufficient computational resources are now available for waveform inversion for 3-D structure to be a practical procedure and this book describes suitable algorithms and examples reflecting current best practice. Intended for students and researchers in seismology, this book provides a physical understanding of seismic waveforms and the way that different aspects of the seismic wavefield are revealed by the way that seismic data are handled.Trade Review'The authors of this volume are recognized internationally for their many fundamental contributions to global and exploration geophysics. They have succeeded admirably in producing a volume that straddles both disciplines and commenting on the often-ignored relationships and differences between them. Exploiting Seismic Waveforms is bound to become a standard reference in both theoretical and computational seismology. The theory is presented with the eloquence and crispness we have already known to be associated with previous writings by these two authors. Allow me therefore … to grade this beautiful volume with an A+.' Sven Treitel, The Leading EdgeTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I: Building the Seismic Wavefield: 2. Stratified Media; 3. Laterally Varying Media; 4. The Reflection Field; Part II: Correlation Wavefields: 5. Correlations and Transfer Functions; 6. Correlations and Interferometry; 7. Correlations and Ambient Noise; 8. Coda Correlations; 9. Correlations in Receiver Studies; Part III: Interaction of Seismic Waves with Heterogeneity: 10. Deterministic and Stochastic Heterogeneity; 11. The Effects of Heterogeneity; 12. Scattering and Stochastic Waveguides; 13. Multi-scale Heterogeneity; Part IV: Inversion for Earth Structure: 14. Inference for Structure; 15. Gradient Methods for Nonlinear Inversion; 16. Adjoint Methods and Sensitivity Analysis; 17. Waveform Inversion of Event Data; 18. Waveform Inversion of Correlation Data; 19. New Directions; Appendix: Table of Notation; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe aim of this collective volume is to study the crucial aspects related to the interconnection between the political economy of energy security and national security, which is of great importance globally, due to great volatility and complexity.Several conceptual frameworks regarding the issue of energy security are examined in order to understand the relationships between relevant parameters and then to investigate their implications for national security. Research needs to examine how energy security affects national security of nation states around the world, either as producers or consumers of energy resources.In this volume, the theory of realism is employed for the analysis of such concepts, as it emphasizes the primary importance of any given state and its national security, whereas realism is essentially a political ideology and looks to provide the proper spectrum for further analysis.The fact that the political economy of energy security and the political economy of national security are addressed as separate parts in the literature are among the main drawbacks in our effort to comprehend the issues concerned. The abovementioned results to a dichotomy that affects the ontological and epistemological essence of the two pillars of the issue in question based on our working hypothesis should be addressed in a complementary and interconnected way. Addressing both theoretical concepts and case studies to validate the argument, the authors believe that the academic level of the proposed subject is related to graduate and postgraduate studies.

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Book SynopsisAccess to cheap energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies. However, the uneven distribution of energy supplies among countries and the critical need for energy has led to significant vulnerabilities. Threats to global energy security include the political instability of several energy producing countries, the manipulation of energy supplies, the competition over energy sources, attacks on supply infrastructure, as well as accidents and natural disasters. It is also the limited supplies of the most common forms of primary energy, i.e. Oil and Gas that changes perceptions on this topic. Although plenty of coal, up to 155 years worth, is readily available, coal is not the fossil fuel of choice for many more advanced countries because of its highly polluting nature. The potential need to change our primary energy sources in the foreseeable future is the crux of the energy security question, leading to higher prices, more limited access to sources of energy, competitions and political troubles, which in turn make the threat even larger.

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Book SynopsisEnergy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy production, distribution and consumption. The attributes of energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation and other public policy techniques. A national energy policy comprises a set of measures involving that country''s laws, treaties and agency directives. This book presents the latest research on the economic effects, security aspects and environmental issues connected with energy policy.

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Book SynopsisThe federal government is the nation''s single largest energy consumer, spending approximately $17 billion in fiscal year 2007 on energy for buildings and vehicles. This total represents almost 1 percent of all federal expenditures and these costs have been rising in recent years. In light of these energy price increases, congressional interest in making the federal government more energy efficient has grown as well. Although the federal fleet is less than 1 percent of all vehicles on the road in the U.S. today, Congress and the administration have established energy conservation objectives for the federal fleet in an effort to provide leadership in reducing petroleum consumption. This book gathers the latest data from the Federal Energy Management office and explores current government energy efficiency goals.

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Book SynopsisThis book identifies possible employment impacts that could result from hydrogen market expansion in the transportation, stationary and portable power sectors. Any study of potential future impacts presents difficult challenges and involves significant uncertainties. This study estimates the employment impacts of a transformation of the U.S. economy to the use of hydrogen between 2020 and 2050. This time frame was selected because the ongoing efforts to develop hydrogen based transportation and stationary technologies indicate that broad-based commercial and industrial use of and the first significant employment impacts from those technologies are most likely to emerge within the indicated time frame. This book highlights possible skill and educational needs to support the associated industries and technologies. In addition to the specific skill requirements of the fuel cell industry, future education of the next generation are discussed, focusing on skill sets that have the ability to adapt to changing technologies.

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Book SynopsisCorporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards are fleet-wide fuel economy averages that motor vehicle manufacturers must meet each model year. On May 19th, 2009, President Obama announced a plan to integrate CAFE standards administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) with automotive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards to be issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This book explores the CAFE standards and its environmental and economical impacts.

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Book SynopsisEnergy tax policy involves the use of one of the government''s main fiscal instruments, taxes (both as an incentive and as a disincentive) to alter the allocation or configuration of energy resources and their use. In theory, energy taxes and subsidies, like tax policy instruments in general, are intended either to correct a problem or distortion in the energy markets or to achieve some economic (efficiency, equity, or even macroeconomic) objective. In practice, however, energy tax policy in the United States is made in a political setting, being determined by the views and interests of the key players in this setting: politicians, special interest groups, bureaucrats, academic scholars, and fiscal dictates. As a result, enacted tax policy embodies compromises between economic and political goals, which could either mitigate or compound existing distortions. This book explores the role of taxes in energy production and conservation.

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