The Impending World Energy Mess

The Impending World Energy Mess Review

This is a real eye opener of a book. I had not read Hirsch's 2005 report
until I heard about this book and then I went and read both. What is
really interesting in this book is the fact that Hirsch and his team
seem to have approached things differently. Instead of assuming a sharp
peak in oil production, as they did in the 2005 report, they have now
built their analysis around what has happened in the last five years,
and then extrapolated on from there what they think is coming next.
There are many other differences in both approach and analysis from the
first report and I found the new book to be both enlightening and useful.

The stylistic approach is also different between the earlier report and
this book, but this has clearly been written for a general audience and
not for just the oil sector. I found it an easy read and found no
evidence at all of it being poorly written (as asserted by the previous
reviewer.) I also have to wonder if everyone actually goes digging
around on obscure websites to find out about this subject. Clearly if
you are in the oil business you might do that, but the general reader
probably has better things to do and might appreciate an overview such
as presented in this book. I did.

I also found the layout to be both easy and visually simple and
generally cohesive and coherent.

I was not at all disappointed with this purchase and found it to be the
most up to date and simple read on the subject. The content of course is
unnerving and you are left wondering whether any of the politicians will
actually read this book and start to do something about the inevitable.
Before it is too late. (If it isn't already!)

The Impending World Energy Mess Overview

The Impending World Energy Mess will help educate readers about the realities of energy in general and oil in particular.

The reader will be able to cut through the smokescreens that various self interests have, and are, promulgating and understand that there are a number of credible studies that clearly demonstrate that world oil production is close to going into decline, which will create long-term world oil shortages.

The huge economic impacts associated with impending oil shortages are brought into sober, balanced perspective and readers are given tools to minimize the impending negative impacts on their personal lives.

Finally, The Impending World Energy Mess provides a balanced discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of a number of electric power production technologies, and in particular, the inherent weaknesses in solar and renewable technologies. The Impending World Energy Mess provides a practical basis for understanding and personal action.

Included in this book is a special Foreword from Dr James Schlesinger - First US Secretary of Energy, Director of Central Intelligence, Secretary of Defense and Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.

In the next five years, world oil production will begin to decline - which means less and less oil will be available each year. The result will be annually deepening worldwide economic damage.

There will be no quick fixes. Even crash program mitigation will take more than a decade to impact.

Societal priorities will change dramatically. Compromises will be required. Years of energy hopes and fantasy will have to yield to pragmatism.

Oil and energy issues are complicated. You need to understand the situation in order to make intelligent choices for yourself and those close to you.

To be forewarned is to be forearmed. With over a hundred years of combined experience in energy and economics, the authors provide you the straight story, including realities that others have been reluctant to discuss.

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The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy Review

This is an excellent book with timely, poignant information which I have already used again and again. It is written in the spirit of "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne with very Law of Attraction(ess) phrasing and behavioral encouragement. I would consider it a must have for anyone who is weary of being affected by toxic, complaining, whiny relationships!

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The Energy Bus, an international best seller by Jon Gordon, takes readers on an enlightening and inspiring ride that reveals 10 secrets for approaching life and work with the kind of positive, forward thinking that leads to true accomplishment - at work and at home. Jon infuses this engaging story with keen insights as he provides a powerful roadmap to overcome adversity and bring out the best in yourself and your team. When you get on The Energy Bus you’ll enjoy the ride of your life!

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Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future

Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future Review

Bryce bills himself as a purveyor of "industrial strength journalism," and 'Power Hungry' doesn't disappoint. Starting with a clear statement of his own energy policy - "I'm in favor of air conditioning and cold beer." - Bryce provides a muscular, data-driven analysis of our modern industrial civilization and the changing mix of energy sources that power it. This is an eye-opening discussion that does an unusually good job of conveying the scale of our existing energy infrastructure, and the challenge of providing adequate energy supplies for the future, not just for the US and Europe, but for the developing world and the third world as well, under the constraints of economics and decarbonization.

Bryce articulate four energy imperatives - power density, energy density, cost, and scale - and uses them as a consistent framework for looking at what he calls the "Myths of Green Energy." His "myths" run the gamut from the idea that wind power can really reduce overall CO2 emissions, to the idea that the US lags other countries in energy efficiency, to the idea that carbon capture and sequestration could work at scale, and intriguingly, even the idea that oil is a dirty fuel compared to the alternatives. While the debunking of green alternatives has flaws, especially in the lack of attention to advanced biofuels, smart grid technologies, and green building materials, it is refreshingly apolitical - focused on facts, practical alternatives, and the requirements of scale.

In some ways Bryce ends up with conclusions similar to those of Bill McKibben in his recent book 'Eaarth' - we will not be able to turn the tide on atmospheric CO2 quickly enough: the scale is too large, the transition times are too long, the pressure for global development is too great. We will have no choice but to mitigate some problems and adapt to the rest. However, instead of advocating acceptance of a "graceful decline" as McKibben does, Bryce lays out an energetic path forward, a "no regrets" policy he dubs N2N: shifting electrical generation aggressively towards natural gas in the near term, while investing in advanced nuclear technologies for the long run. The strongest element of the book is how he effectively links the future economic health of the US with rising prospects for the rest of the world ... and the massive quantities of carbon-free power that will require, not only for economic development, but for mitigating unavoidable climate change impacts as well. 'Power Hungry' is a challenging and valuable read for everyone interested in green energy and an effective response to the climate crisis.

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Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future Overview

The promise of “green jobs” and a “clean energy future” has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book, that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot—and will not—quit using carbon-based fuels at any time in the near future for a simple reason: they provide the horsepower that we crave. The hard reality is that oil, coal, and natural gas are here to stay.

Fueling our society requires more than sentiment and rhetoric; we need to make good decisions and smart investments based on facts. In Power Hungry, Bryce provides a supertanker-load of footnoted facts while shepherding readers through basic physics and math. And with the help of a panoply of vivid graphics and tables, he crushes a phalanx of energy myths, showing why renewables are not green, carbon capture and sequestration won’t work, and even—surprise!—that the U.S. is leading the world in energy efficiency. He also charts the amazing growth of the fuels of the future: natural gas and nuclear.

Power Hungry delivers a clear-eyed view of what America has “in the tank,” and what’s needed to transform the gargantuan global energy sector.

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