Table of Contents
- Preface
- Defining a Solution
What about Other Greenhouse Gases? What Do We Mean by EASY? Why Do We Focus Just on the U.S.? The Evolving Debate About This Book
- Chapter 1: Truths and Myths about Global Warming
- How Do We Know That We Are Causing this Climate Change?
Myths and Facts about Global Warming How Global Warming Naysayers Operate How Science Operates Does Global Warming Cause Unusual Events? An Emergency
- Chapter 2: Why We Must Act NOW
- The Consequences of Unchecked Global Warming
More Reasons for Concern about Global Warming Big Sticks But Big Carrots, Too!
- Chapter 3: An EASY Plan
- General Criteria
An Overview of the Blueprint How Feasible Is Our Plan? What Are the Benefits of a Successful U.S. EASY Energy Plan? How Much Investment Will This Plan Require? A Caveat
- Chapter 4: Energy Efficient Technology
- Energy Efficient Appliances
Energy Efficient Manufacturing Energy Efficient Buildings How Much Do We Save?
- Chapter 5: Automotive and Transport Efficiency
- CAFE Standards
Fuel Efficient Cars The Transport Sector Empowering Human Locomotion Time to Go Public
- Chapter 6: Solar, Wind, and More: Make No-Carb Electricity
- Solar Energy
What about Wind? The Promise of Wave Energy The Geothermal Boost What Are the Challenges? The Challenge of Energy Storage The Manufacturing Challenge
- Chapter 7: You Are Part of the Answer
- Smart Choice 1: Reduce Wasteful Consumption and Save Money!
Smart Choice 2: Reuse Smart Choice 3: Recycle Carbon Footprint Flex Your Voice for the Forests Opportunities to Make a Personal Difference Exercise Reproductive Responsibility
- Chapter 8: Other Solutions Have Problems
- Expansion of Nuclear Power
Biofuels Algae as a Fuel Hydropower Carbon Sequestration Geoengineering Ideas
- Chapter 9: Carrots and Sticks for the Energy Economy
- Promoting a U.S. Energy Economy That Serves the Public Interest
What Can We Do with an Extra $1 Trillion? Additional and Important Policy Carrots for the Portfolio Carrots at the Community Level: The California Example International Carrots If They Arent Doing It, Why Should We? What about a Carbon Tax, or Cap-and-Trade/Auction System?
- Chapter 10: Yes, Folks, You Too Can Profit from All This!
- An Exploding Potential for Jobs
The Green Collar Market: Business and Employment Opportunities Can U.S. Businesses Afford to Invest in a Green Economy? U.S. Businesses Already Profit in This Brave, New World Big Business Dives In China Accelerates Its Green Economic Growth An Answer to Our Current Economic Crisis The Risks of Not Joining the Green Economy
- Chapter 11: Vote Like Your Life Depended on It
- Needed: A Bold Leader with Good Green Judgment
The Sleeping Top Political Priority Vote for Green Leaders at ALL Levels More Ways to Support Your Democracy A Time to Imagine
- Appendices: Let�s Do the Numbers...and More!
- Explanation of Units Used in the Appendices
A. Calculating the Carbon Consequences of the EASY Plan B. Estimating the Economic Costs in Table 3.1 C. Miscellaneous Calculations D. Useful Websites Noted in Text
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
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