Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword by Brice Lalonde.
Presentation by Professor Jacques Foos
Acknowledgements
Author
Introduction
Chapter 1 What Is Energy?
1.1 Energy in Rich Countries’ Daily Life
1.2 The Laws of Physics
1.3 Where Does Energy Come from?
1.4 Energy and Power
1.5 Energy Storage
1.6 Orders of Magnitude
Chapter 2 Energy Consumption in France and across the World
2.1 Energies of All Kinds
2.2 Electricity Production
2.3 Primary or Final Energy?
Chapter 3 The Importance of Energy
3.1 Impacts of Energy on Society
3.2 Energy and Growth
3.3 The Kaya Identity
3.4 Energy and Employment
3.5 Degrowth
Chapter 4 Pollution, Risks and Problems Related to Energy Sources
4.1 Global Warming
4.2 Dangers of Fossil Energy Sources and Wood
4.3 Dangers of Nuclear Energy
4.4 The Dangers of Other Renewable Energy Sources
Chapter 5 A Comparison of Energy Sources: Related Dangers and Issues
5.1 Figures from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Experts [IPCC-III]
5.2 A Study Conducted by Franz H. Koch, Hydropower-Internalized Costs and Externalized Benefits [Koch]
5.3 A Study by Anil Markandya and Paul Wilkinson, Electricity Generation and Health [Markandya Wilkinson]
5.4 A Study by Rabl and Spadaro, Les Coûts Externes de l’Électricité [Rabl Spadaro]
5.5 A Study Conducted by Kharecha and Hansen: Prevented Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Historical and Projected Nuclear Power [Kharecha Hansen]
5.6 Nuclear Energy
Chapter 6 Energy Resources
6.1 Fossil Resources
6.2 Resources for Nuclear Energy
6.3 Renewable Resources
6.4 Energy Returned on Energy Invested (EROEI)
6.5 The Problem with Other Resources
Chapter 7 Energy Transition Scenarios
7.1 Negawatt Scenarios [Négawatt 2011, 2017]
7.2 The Greenpeace Scenario [Greenpeace 2013]
7.3 A BL évolution Study on a 1.5°C-Compatible Path [BL]
7.4 The Third Industrial Revolution [Rifkin]
7.5 ADEME’s Scenarios [Ademe 2013]
7.6 L’Agence Nationale pour la Coordination de la Recherche pour l’Énergie [Ancre] (French Energy Research National Coordination Agency)
7.7 Négatep’s Scenarios [Négatep]
7.8 ADEME’s Study: A 100% Renewable Electric Mix [Ademe 2015] [Ademe 2018]
7.9 RTE Scenarios: 50% Nuclear [RTE BP 2017]
7.10 The Wind Water Sun Scenario [WWS] by Stanford University
7.11 IPCC Scenarios
7.12 Group GISOC’s Efficiency N Scenario [Efficiency N]
Chapter 8 Energy Efficiency and Sobriety
8.1 Energy Efficiency and Physical Limits
8.2 Solar Vehicles
8.3 Energy Sobriety
8.4 Head Lice
Chapter 9 Money, Too Expensive
Chapter 10 Energy Myths and Legends
Chapter 11 So, What Should We Do?
11.1 Efficiency and Sobriety
11.2 Transferring Oil and Gas Consumption towards Electricity
11.3 Producing Electricity Thanks to Controllable and Low-Pollution Methods
11.4 Developing Thermal Renewable Energy Systems
Chapter 12 Conclusion, Prospects
Bibliography
Index