Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil [illustrated edition] 1591025915, 9781591025917

Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Copyright page......Page 8
Contents......Page 11
List of Tables......Page 0
4.1 Actual (non-inflation-adjusted) price of oil, 1984–2007......Page 73
4.2 Supply and demand curves for oil worldwide......Page 74
4.4 OPEC production and inflation-adjusted (2004 dollars) prices for oil......Page 76
5.1 Share of Global Oil Reserves Based on Current Production Rates......Page 90
6.1 Roberta Nichols fueling one of the first flex-fuel cars, circa 1986......Page 109
7.1 Corn ethanol production in the United States, 1980–2006......Page 132
7.2 Graphs taken from the important paper by Farrell et al.......Page 136
8.1 Worldwide ethanol and biodiesel production......Page 155
9.1 The rise and fall of the Brazilian ethanol car markets......Page 169
9.2 Oil dependence of Brazil and the United States, 1980–2006......Page 172
9.3 Hezbollah Venezuela poster......Page 179
10.1 Global average temperatures......Page 187
10.2 Sea level, 1880–present......Page 188
10.3 Record of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, 1958–2002......Page 189
10.4 Surface temperatures in the Sargasso Sea......Page 191
10.5 Average global temperature since the last ice age......Page 192
10.6 Deep ocean temperatures over the past 65 million years......Page 193
11.1 Progress in controlled fusion......Page 217
11.2 US Fusion Program Funding, 1953–present......Page 219
11.3 Comparison of the US fusion budget with the oil price, in current dollars......Page 220
12.1 USAAF B-24 Liberators hit the Nazi oil refineries at Ploesti, August 1, 1943......Page 237
12.2 Located at 29° 22' N, 50° 30' E, the Kharg Island terminal handles 80 percent of Iran's oil exports......Page 249
5.1 The World's Leading Oil Players (million barrels/day, 2005)......Page 88
5.2 Greatest Oil Reserves by Country (2005)......Page 89
5.3 World Coal Resources......Page 92
5.4 World Natural Gas Production (2004)......Page 93
5.6 World Biomass Production from Residue (million tonnes 1987)......Page 94
5.7 World Material Resources for Fuel Production......Page 95
5.8 Chemistry Toolkit: Useful Reactions for Producing Methanol......Page 101
8.1 Top Thirty Agricultural Nations......Page 150
8.2 Ethanol Yields from Candidate Crops......Page 153
11.1 World Market Fraction and Typical Cost of Electric Power Sources......Page 203
11.2 The Earth's Energy Resources......Page 214
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Preface......Page 15
Volume......Page 19
Temperature......Page 20
Mixed Units......Page 21
1 Energy Independence within a Decade......Page 23
The Hydrogen Hoax......Page 25
The Failure of Conservation......Page 27
Nuclear, Hydro, Wind, Geothermal, and Solar Power......Page 28
The Alcohol Solution......Page 29
Flex-Fuel Technology......Page 31
Ethanol or Methanol?......Page 32
Helping the World's Farmers......Page 34
The Way Forward......Page 35
2 Terrorism: Your Gas Dollars at Work (Part 1)......Page 37
What Is Saudi Arabia?......Page 38
Muslim World League......Page 45
World Assembly of Muslim Youth......Page 48
Al Haramain......Page 49
3 Corrupting Washington: Your Gas Dollars at Work (Part 2)......Page 53
A. The Case of the Shiite Massacre......Page 62
B. The Case of Yasser Arafat......Page 63
C. The Case of the Neutralized Opponents......Page 65
E. The Case of the Missing Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)......Page 67
F. The Case of the Sudan Genocide......Page 68
G. The Case of the Missing Energy Policy......Page 69
4 How to Destroy OPEC......Page 71
How Opec Works......Page 72
Why Conservation Won't Work......Page 81
5 Changing the Energy Trump Suit......Page 87
Making Alcohol Fuel......Page 97
6 The Technology to Break OPEC's Chains......Page 103
Alcohol Fuels and the Environment......Page 111
Methanol and Automobile Safety......Page 115
7 The Charlatans Strike Back: The Hydrogen and Pimentel Hoaxes......Page 117
The Hydrogen Hoax......Page 118
The Pimentel Hoax......Page 130
Who Is David Pimentel?......Page 137
The Free Marketeers' Responsibility......Page 139
8 The New Alcohol Economy and World Development......Page 141
Development through Trade......Page 145
Alcohol Fuels and World Trade......Page 149
Crops for the Alcohol Harvest......Page 152
Focus Section: Alcohol Alchemy......Page 160
9 The Brazilian Experience......Page 165
Focus Section: The Alcohol Economy versus Narcoterrorism......Page 177
10 Defeating Global Warming......Page 183
Is Global Warming Real?......Page 186
Why We Need to Address Greenhousing......Page 195
11 Empowering the Future......Page 201
The Power That Lights the Stars......Page 213
Wrecking the Future......Page 218
Our Choice of Futures......Page 223
12 Oil and Power......Page 225
Oil Rules the Waves......Page 228
The Nazis Prepare for War......Page 231
The Stalingrad Campaign......Page 233
The Bomber War......Page 236
Hitler's Last Gamble......Page 239
Japan's War for Oil......Page 241
The Scales of Victory......Page 247
13 Energy and Statecraft......Page 251
Oil and Freedom......Page 255
Why We Fight......Page 256
Their Program and Ours......Page 262
Glossary......Page 267
1 Energy Independence within a Decade......Page 275
2 Terrorism: Your Gas Dollars at Work (Part 1)......Page 276
3 Corrupting Washington: Your Gas Dollars at Work (Part 2)......Page 278
4 How to Destroy OPEC......Page 284
5 Changing the Energy Trump Suit......Page 286
6 The Technology to Break OPEC's Chains......Page 287
7 The Charlatans Strike Back: The Hydrogen and Pimentel Hoaxes......Page 288
8 The New Alcohol Economy and World Development......Page 292
9 The Brazilian Experience......Page 294
10 Defeating Global Warming......Page 296
11 Empowering the Future......Page 299
12 Oil and Power......Page 301
13 Energy and Statecraft......Page 304
On Islam, Saudi Arabia, and Terrorism......Page 307
On the Oil Industry, Alcohol Fuels, and Energy Resources......Page 310
On World Development......Page 312
On Global Warming, the Environment, and Carbon-Free Energy......Page 313
On World Wars I and II......Page 315
On Fusion Power, Space Exploration, and the Human Future......Page 316
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