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Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths

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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
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The book discusses and presents counter-arguments to thirteen propositions concerning American culture, energy, the environment, and society:
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Myth Six – The Barriers to New and Innovative Energy Technologies are Primarily Technical: The Case of Distributed Generation
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and involved 24 contributing authors with a diverse range of backgrounds. Notable contributors include
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Myth Ten – Energy Efficiency Measures are Unreliable, Unpredictable, and Unenforceable
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Myth Eight – Worldwide Power Systems are Economically and Environmentally Optimal
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Myth Three – High Land Requirements and an Unfavorable Energy Balance Preclude
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Myth Eleven – Energy R&D Investment Takes Decades to Reach the Market
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Alternative Energy: Political, Economic, and Social Feasibility
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Systems Could Never Meet Growing Electricity Demand in America
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2007 book edited by Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown
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Benjamin K. Sovacool is a visiting associate professor at
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Benjamin K. Sovacool and Marilyn A. Brown (Eds.) (2007).
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are not Doing their Part in Responding to Concerns about
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Energy and American Society—Thirteen Myths (Book Review)
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Powering the Green Economy: The Feed-In Tariff Handbook
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from Playing a Large Role in Providing Energy Services
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Myth Five – Price Signals are Insufficient to Induce
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Benjamin K. Sovacool
Marilyn A. Brown
energy security
climate change
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Marilyn A. Brown
Energy Crisis
Hype
Energy
Biomass Ethanol
Hydrogen Economy
Efficient Energy
Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency
Climate Policy
Developing Countries
Climate Change
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Amory Lovins
Joseph Romm
Vermont Law School
National University of Singapore
geographer
Georgia Institute of Technology
Tennessee Valley Authority
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Energy Policy
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
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