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2007 book edited by Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown
Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths is a 2007 book about
energy security and
climate change , edited by
Benjamin K. Sovacool and
Marilyn A. Brown .
[1] The book is suitable for both technical and non-technical audiences since it is written in plain English and is "easily digested by anyone with a rudimentary background or interest in energy economics".
[2]
Thirteen myths
The book discusses and presents counter-arguments to thirteen propositions concerning American culture, energy, the environment, and society:
[1]
Myth One – Today's
Energy Crisis is "
Hype "
Myth Two – The Public is Well Informed About
Energy
Myth Three – High Land Requirements and an Unfavorable Energy Balance Preclude
Biomass Ethanol from Playing a Large Role in Providing Energy Services
Myth Four – The
Hydrogen Economy is a Panacea to the Nation's Energy Problems
Myth Five – Price Signals are Insufficient to Induce
Efficient Energy Investments
Myth Six – The Barriers to New and Innovative Energy Technologies are Primarily Technical: The Case of Distributed Generation
Myth Seven –
Renewable Energy Systems Could Never Meet Growing Electricity Demand in America
Myth Eight – Worldwide Power Systems are Economically and Environmentally Optimal
Myth Nine –
Energy Efficiency Improvements have Already Reached their Potential
Myth Ten – Energy Efficiency Measures are Unreliable, Unpredictable, and Unenforceable
Myth Eleven – Energy R&D Investment Takes Decades to Reach the Market
Myth Twelve –
Climate Policy will Bankrupt the U.S. Economy
Myth Thirteen –
Developing Countries are not Doing their Part in Responding to Concerns about
Climate Change
Contributors
The book was produced with support from
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and involved 24 contributing authors with a diverse range of backgrounds. Notable contributors include
Amory Lovins and
Joseph Romm .
[1]
Benjamin K. Sovacool is a visiting associate professor at
Vermont Law School and founding director of the Energy Justice Program at their Institute for Energy and Environment. He was formerly an assistant professor and research fellow at the
National University of Singapore .
Marilyn A. Brown is an American
geographer on the faculty of the
Georgia Institute of Technology . She is a member of the National Commission on Energy Policy and the
Tennessee Valley Authority board. She previously worked at
Oak Ridge National Laboratory , where she held several leadership positions.
[3]
[4]
Reviews
Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths has been reviewed in
Energy Policy
[2] and the
Annals of the Association of American Geographers .
[5]
See also
References
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c Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown (Eds.) (2007).
Energy and American Society – Thirteen Myths (New York: Springer).
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b Fereidoon P. Sioshansi.
Energy and American Society—Thirteen Myths (Book Review)
Archived 2011-07-16 at the
Wayback Machine Energy Policy , 35 (2007), pp. 6554–6555.
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"Marilyn Brown" . School of public policy,
Georgia Tech . Archived from
the original on 2011-09-28.
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"TVA: News Release" . Archived from
the original on 2011-11-08. Retrieved 2011-11-27 .
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Pasqualetti, Martin J. (2008), "Review of Energy and American Society—Thirteen Myths , B. Sovacool, M. Brown (eds.).", Annals of the Association of American Geographers , vol. 98,
Routledge , p. 504,
doi :
10.1080/00045600801944210 ,
S2CID
128859012 .
Further reading
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