Energy, Convenient Solutions
How Americans Can Solve the Energy Crisis in Ten Years
By: Howard Johnson
Published: January 19, 2011
Format: Paperback, 380 pages
ISBN-10: 1425789226
ISBN-13: 978-1425789220
Publisher: Xlibris, Corp.
"This book tries to describe the wonders entrepreneurs have created and the ones that will solve our energy problems", writes scientist, engineer, and writer on the fuel and oil industries, Howard Johnson, in his visionary and practical idea filled book Energy, Convenient Solutions: How Americans Can Solve the Energy Crisis in Ten Years. The author describes how fossil fuels can be replaced by alternative energy in a decade, with minimal disruption to the current standard of living.
Howard Johnson recognizes the critical importance of researching, discovering, and implementing new and alternative energy sources. The author points out that the continued dependence on fossil fuels alone is a recipe for economic, societal, and international disaster. For Howard Johnson, the good news is that the alternative energy sources exist, and that the technologies to exploit them already exist. The author emphasizes the important role for entrepreneurs in developing alternative energy, technologies, transportation, and home and business solutions. Howard Johnson writes that the really good news is that the opportunity exists to solve the global energy problem in ten years is realistic, but must be acted upon immediately to ward off potential disaster.
Howard Johnson (photo left) presents a dispassionate and objective overview of the energy sources past, present, and future. The author avoids taking political positions, but understands the role that politics play in the current and future opportunities and challenges that exist for alternative energy. One thing that Howard Johnson makes clear is that the days of complete dependence on fossil fuels are over. While he doesn't count the oil industry out, the author considers additional energy sources to be imperative to extend the life of the oil supply. Howard Johnson examines the various fuel, transportation, and energy solutions:
* Fuel energy sources including fossil, non-fossil, manufactured and nuclear
* Other natural energy fuels including solar, water, geothermal and wind
* Electric power plants from all sources
* Distribution of energy
* Fuel powered systems and devices including combustion and non-combustion
* Existing and future hybrid systems
* Energy systems not powered by fuels
For me, the power of the book is how Howard Johnson describes currently available energy and fuel sources as practical and useable solutions to the energy problem. The author provides detail as to the potential and challenges presented by each concept, in light of existing and potential technology, and in the domestic and international political environment. Howard Johnson makes the bold statement that the energy problem can be solved in ten years provided there is a will and consensus among business and political leaders, and the general public to do so. The author sees the tremendous potential for fresh thinking and exciting new technology emerging from entrepreneurs. He also sees entrepreneurs as implementing energy solutions in transportation, homes, and businesses on small and large scales. Howard Johnson also takes a strong stance in support of geothermal energy as a leading component of an alternative energy future.
I highly recommend the positive and must read book Energy, Convenient Solutions: How Americans Can Solve the Energy Crisis in Ten Years by Howard Johnson, to anyone seeking a solutions based book on utilizing alternative energy and technology from an entrepreneurial point of view. This book meets the challenges of technology, applications, and politics head on by offering workable concepts that can be applied immediately. For the author, the problem can be solved with minimal disruption within a decade, but failure to do so could very well result in economic disaster.
Read the solutions oriented and energy entrepreneurial guide Energy, Convenient Solutions: How Americans Can Solve the Energy Crisis in Ten Years by Howard Johnson, and discover how existing technology, alternative energy, and the ingenuity of entrepreneurs can solve the energy crisis. This book provides a real world based way out of the energy problem within a decade. That is a powerful and important idea for everyone to consider.
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