Overview
- Approaches sustainability through the integration of the three spheres of sustainability (economy, community, environment) with energy use and generation;
- Explores multi-tasking energy use and management on a local basis;
- Delves into the contrast between perceived and real, resources available, and materials required, for energy systems, their natural resources abundances, and demands on these resources;
- Offers strategic planning guidance for local and national comprehensive sustainable energy policy makers, and natural resource and energy providers;
- Provides a time-line perspective of energy source eras from the fossil fuels, biofuels, renewables, and their multi-tasking over the next century.
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
-Mark Reynolds
Executive Director, Citizens’ Climate Lobby
"A Comprehensive Sustainable Energy Policy that guides our nation through the current energy
maze and anchors a path to a sustainable energy future is the core message . . . in this far-‐reaching
and vitally important work."
-Neal J. Gruber,
M.E., P.E., D.CE., Systems Operations Consultant
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Roger James Kuhns has over 35 years in mineral exploration and natural resources, water and energy resources, environmental remediation, renewable energy systems, and sustainability. He has held positions at BHP Billiton (General Manager for mineral exploration, petroleum field assessment, and mineral economics and development for Africa and the Mediterranean), Noranda Exploration (U.S. and Canada), Black & Veatch (Global – sustainability, renewable energy assessment, remediation, economic modeling, and strategic planning), and Applied Ecological Services (North America environmental remediation and LEED development projects, including assessment of impacts and restoration approaches regarding the Alberta Tar Sands). Kuhns is the founder of SustainAudit, LLC, a sustainable practices application company that integrates all renewable energy systems, materials use, LEED certification, and food systems with the natural environment to ensure long-lasting resources and economicaffordability leading to a high quality of life.
Dr. George H. Shaw has had a career as a professor of geosciences with an emphasis on geophysics, especially high-pressure measurements of elastic properties. He has taught at the University of Minnesota and Union College, and was awarded an NSF post-doctoral fellowship at Edinburgh, Scotland as well as an American Geophysical Union Congressional Science Fellowship. Dr. Shaw worked for congressman Al Swift on energy and environmental issues, and particularly on the formulation and passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982. At Minnesota he co-developed a course in energy resources and policy which he continued to teach at Union.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Navigating the Energy Maze
Book Subtitle: The Transition to a Sustainable Future
Authors: Roger James Kuhns, George H. Shaw
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22783-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22782-5Published: 19 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79426-6Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22783-2Published: 09 February 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 208
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Sustainable Development, Innovation/Technology Management, Energy Storage, Energy Efficiency, Energy Harvesting