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Oil and the Future of Energy: Climate Repair * Hydrogen * Nuclear Fuel * Renewable and Green Sources * Energy Efficiency

Oil and the Future of Energy: Climate Repair * Hydrogen * Nuclear Fuel * Renewable and Green Sources * Energy EfficiencyCreator: The Editors of Scientific American Magazine
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 176,029

Media: Paperback
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.7

ISBN: 1599211173
Dewey Decimal Number: 531
EAN: 9781599211176
ASIN: 1599211173

Publication Date: May 1, 2007
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
The most important and accessible science writing on a topic of intense public interest and concern: oil and the future of energy.



Customer Reviews:
5 out of 5 stars A great primer on energy and fuels   January 23, 2008
J. Kim (Fullerton, CA United States)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful

I don't know what the other previous 2 star reviews were complaining about. I received this book yesterday and thought it was a great book for people wanting to learn more about not only oil but other forms of fuels and alternative fuels. This book does talk about bio-fuels as well (under "bio-mass fuels"), contrary to what one reviewer said. The diagrams were great and they even had a section in color with some great computer generated graphics/diagrams. Since it's edited by the people at Scientific American, it is not too simple, yet not too technical either. Actually, I kind of wished they "dumbed it down" for readers who are not as technically familiar with how fuels are processed.
Overall, I thought it was a great primer on fuels and will allow the reader to better understand this topic.



3 out of 5 stars Distant solutions to very current problems -peak oil and climate change   July 15, 2007
Gail E. Tverberg
15 out of 18 found this review helpful

This book is an anthology. Its first major article is one by Colin Campbell and Jean LaHerrere that predicts that a decline in world oil production will begin before 2010. The other major article is one on global warming by James Hansen. The remainder of the book is a collection of articles on topics that offer solutions to these issues, such as hydrogen fuel cells, nuclear energy, or energy efficiency. Even though the title is "Oil (in very large letters) and the Future of Energy", the vast majority of the articles deal with replacements for fossil fuel energy in general, rather than replacements for liquid fuel.

Peak oil is a topic that is not very familiar to most readers, but the topic is not covered very extensively. Besides Campbell and LaHerrere's article, the only other peak oil item is a book review (Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth Deffeyes). It is left to the reader's imagination what impact a decline in oil production, starting about now, might have. The book is not entirely up to date -- it fails to mention that there is already some evidence that world oil production may have started to decline - hence all the concern we keep seeing about oil prices, oil shortages, biofuels, etc.

Clearly, if there is a decline in oil production, starting about now, there is a need to find some sort of liquid fuel replacement. The book says virtually nothing about biofuels (except for a few paragraphs in Daniel Kammen's article). Most of the energy solutions presented would require many years to implement. Since this is an anthology, there is no need to explain this "detail". On a topic of this importance, I would have preferred more narrative, explaining exactly what is happening with respect to peak oil, what the consequences are likely to be, and what solutions that might be expected in particular time frames.








1 out of 5 stars Yuk.   October 18, 2007
Thomas Albert Ray Ramsey (Eugene)
2 out of 11 found this review helpful

Well, as tempting as the use of the video review option is I am not quite that cruel. This collection of articles from Scientific America was about the dullest piece of work I have ever had the misfortune to be required to read. In addition to the monotonous repetitive bilge that spills from its paper back binding the editors of SA seem to have left out a crucial component to any good scientific publication...references. Yes, it seems that each article is very well written yet void of a reference as to where it came from. Blah Blah Blah...have a nice day.

-tom


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