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INDEX

    Acheson, Dean
    Acheson-Lilienthal Report
    Adkins, Marshall
    Afghanistan
    Africa
    electricity in, essentiality of
    See also specific countries
    African American poverty rates
    Agassi, Shai
    Aguilera, Robert F.
    Alabama
    Alaska
    Alliance for Climate Protection
    Alliance Resource Partners
    Ameren UE
    American Bird Conservancy
    American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Waxman-Markey Act)
    American Indians
    American Mathematical Society
    American Motors Corporation
    American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
    American Wind Energy Association
    Anadarko Petroleum
    Anderson, Eric
    Angola
    Antrim Shale(table)
    Appalachia
    Arab oil embargo (1973)
    Areva
    Argentina
    Arnett, Ed
    Arthur Andersen
    Arctic climate change
    Atoms for Peace program
    Austin Energy
    Australia(fig.)
    coal reserves of(table)
    and electricity(fig.)
    and energy consumption(fig.)
    and energy intensity(fig.)
    and natural gas
    ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)
    Ausubel, Jesse
    Automobile sector
    Automobiles(fig.)
    evolution of
    fuel efficiency of, increasing
    increased usage of, and the transition to oil
    See also Electric cars; Hybrid cars; Natural gas vehicles (NGVs); SUVs

    Babcock & Wilcox
    Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
    Ban Ki-moon
    Barnett Shale
    Barton, Joe
    Bat Conservation International
    Batteries
    energy density of(fig.)
    technology of, issue with
    Belgium(fig.)
    Beller, Denis
    Benedict XVI (pope)
    Bethe, Hans

    Big Coal (Goodell)
    Bill Barrett Corporation
    Biofuels
    and deforestation
    See also Ethanol
    Biomass(fig.)(fig.)
    density of(fig.)(fig.)
    and flex-fuel cars
    footprint of(fig.)
    myth involving
    problems resulting from burning
    producing, from switchgrass, issues with
    See also Wood
    Birol, Faith
    Black carbon deposits and emissions
    Bolton, John
    Bonneville Power Administration
    Borneo
    Bottomless Well, The (Huber and Mills)
    BP
    BP Statistical Review of World Energy
    Bradley, Robert L., Jr.
    Brand, Stewart
    Brazil(fig.)
    carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.) (fig.)
    and energy consumption(fig.)
    and energy intensity(fig.)
    and natural gas
    power consumption in(fig.)
    ranking of, by GDP and electricity generation(table)
    Britain
    hybrid and electric cars in
    See also United Kingdom (UK)
    Brown, Gordon
    Bryce’s Hypothesis
    Bulgaria
    Burundi
    Bush administration
    Bush,