Changing Energy

John H. Perkins is Professor Emeritus at The Evergreen State College, where he taught environmental and energy studies between 1980 and 2009 plus directed the Graduate Program on the Environment between 1999 and 2005. He is a Senior Fellow with the National Council for Science and the Environment as well as Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of Geopolitics and the Green Revolution: Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War and Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis: The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies.

• PrefacePrologue1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World2. Energy and Energy Services3. Energy and the Modern State4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency5. Energy Systems6. Climate Change7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources11. Barriers and ChallengesEpilogueAppendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and PowerAppendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and FissionNotesGlossaryIndex