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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Acknowledgements |
ix
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| Prologue: The Myth of Prometheus |
xv
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PART I. OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY AT RISK
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| 1. | The Choice is Ours |
3
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| 2. | Running on Empty: The End of Cheap Oil |
49
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| 3. | The Geopolitics of Scarcity: Oil under Siege |
77
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| 4. | Climate Change: Cloudy with a Chance of Chaos |
111
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PART II. MORE OF THE SAME—ONLY WORSE! |
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| 5. | Nuclear Power: A Mistake in Search of a Mission |
175
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| 6. | Coal, Natural Gas, Tar Sands: More Greenhouse Gases at Higher Cost |
215
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PART III. THE CHALLENGE AND THE
OPPORTUNITY—A NEW ENERGY ECONOMY |
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| 7. | Foreign Oil and the U.S. Debt: The Facts | 247 |
| 8. | The Prometheus Plan: The Roadmap | 273 |
| 9. | Fuel Efficiency: Reviving Detroit at 100 mpg | 317 |
| 10. | Biofuels: Growing Energy for $2.00 a Gallon at the Pump | 353 |
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PART IV. THE FUTURE UNFOLDS
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| 11. | Abundant Renewables: Wind, Ocean, Solar, Other Biofuels, and Energy Savings |
401 |
| 12. | Hydrogen Revolution: Growth, Jobs, Security & Sustainability |
445 |
| 13. | Corporate, State, and Local Initiatives Lead the Way |
485 |
| 14. | Epilogue: An Urgent Appeal to a Few Courageous Leaders and to the Public At Large |
553 |
| Index | 547 | |
| About the authors | 587 | |
| About the World Business Academy | 593 | |