Carbon-free and Nuclear-free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy PolicyIn a world confronting global climate change, political turmoil among oil exporting nations, nuclear weapons proliferation, nuclear plant safety and waste disposal issues, the United States must assume a leadership role in moving to a zero-CO2-emissions energy economy. At the same time America needs to take the lead in reducing the world's reliance on nuclear power. This breakthrough joint study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and the Nuclear Policy Research Institute shows how our energy needs can be met by alternative sources, as wind, solar, hydrogen, biomass, microalgae, geothermal and wave power are all part of the solution. Must reading for everyone concerned with energy politics and the planet's future, Carbon-Free is already making headlines. |
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Contents
B Transportation | 1 |
B Historical Overview | 4 |
Broad Energy and Economic Considerations | 14 |
B Defining ZeroCO Emissions | 26 |
B Solar Electricity | 37 |
Biomass Introduction | 45 |
E Grasses | 52 |
G Some Conclusions about Biomass | 58 |
H Estimating a Phaseout Schedule | 125 |
A A CO Emissions Cap Declining to Zero | 131 |
New Coalfired Power Plants | 144 |
Timeofuse Rates | 155 |
Macroeconomics of the Transition | 158 |
Summary | 165 |
The Clean Dozen | 175 |
Nuclear Power | 181 |
Longterm Sequestration of CO₂ | 71 |
A Reference ZeroCO Scenario | 95 |
Electricity Production | 101 |
Overall Results | 107 |
Stationary Storage of Electricity | 117 |
Cost 189 | 189 |
Japan Focus Interview on CarbonFree and NuclearFree203 | 203 |
References 220 | 220 |
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