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Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet, 2021a

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440<br />

fossil fuel intensity, 138<br />

historical emissi<strong>on</strong>s, 139, 142, 143<br />

life cycle emissi<strong>on</strong>s, 181, 194, 218, 221,<br />

264<br />

measurements, 139–140<br />

oceanic uptake, 142, 143<br />

possible trajectories, 148–150<br />

coal, see fossil fuels, coal<br />

communicati<strong>on</strong>, 46–47, 310, 330–332<br />

c<strong>on</strong>centrated solar power, see solar thermal<br />

C<strong>on</strong>corde, 22, 58<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong>, see behavioral adaptati<strong>on</strong><br />

cooling, 88, 95, 95,98<br />

COP (heat pump), 97<br />

COVID-19 p<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>emic, 33, 351<br />

current, see electrical, current<br />

Daly, Herman, 322, 323<br />

death rate, see populati<strong>on</strong>,birth/death rate<br />

decoupling, 20–21, 23<br />

deer, see logistic model, deer examples<br />

democracy, 309, 319, 330<br />

demographic transiti<strong>on</strong>, 39, 38–46<br />

benefits, 39, 40, 48<br />

geography, 41–44<br />

limitati<strong>on</strong>s, 41, 44–46, 48<br />

populati<strong>on</strong> surge, 44–45<br />

resource implicati<strong>on</strong>s, 45<br />

time sequence, 44<br />

trajectory, 40<br />

density<br />

air, 185<br />

energy, see energy density<br />

water, 176<br />

diet, see food<br />

doubling time, see exp<strong>on</strong>ential, doubling<br />

time<br />

Dys<strong>on</strong> Sphere, 9<br />

Earth energy budget, 11, 166, 167<br />

Earth, cost of, 317<br />

ec<strong>on</strong>omic<br />

decoupling, 20–21, 23<br />

end of growth, 27<br />

growth, 17, 24–27, 318–319<br />

m<strong>on</strong>opoly, 25<br />

pi<strong>on</strong>eers, 27<br />

rabbits, 22, 124<br />

regimes, 323, 322–325<br />

services, 20<br />

steady state, 324–325<br />

substituti<strong>on</strong>, 21<br />

U.S. history, 18<br />

EER (heat pump), 97–98<br />

efficiency<br />

electricity generati<strong>on</strong>, 94, 104, 106, 170<br />

geothermal, 276–277<br />

heat engine, 94<br />

heat pump, 95<br />

human metabolism, 397<br />

hydroelectricity, 175<br />

lighting, 21<br />

limits, 23<br />

photosynthesis, 228–229<br />

photovoltaics, 204<br />

rebound, 23<br />

solar thermal, 220<br />

thermodynamic limits, 90–94<br />

transportati<strong>on</strong>, 402<br />

wind energy, 188–189<br />

Ehrlich, Paul, 32<br />

EIA, see <str<strong>on</strong>g>Energy</str<strong>on</strong>g> Informati<strong>on</strong> Administrati<strong>on</strong><br />

electric transportati<strong>on</strong>, 212, 290, 291,<br />

397–402<br />

electrical<br />

current, 77, 202, 205<br />

power, 76–78, 205<br />

electricity, 165<br />

generati<strong>on</strong> efficiency, 94, 104, 106, 170<br />

sector, 104<br />

electr<strong>on</strong> charge, 78<br />

energy<br />

chemical, 121, 227, 379–380<br />

comparis<strong>on</strong> matrix, 292, 293, 289–299<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> of, 69, 69–71, 91, 246,<br />

393–396<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong> principles, 334–337<br />

c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong>, quantitative, 337–343<br />

definiti<strong>on</strong>, 68<br />

efficiency, see efficiency<br />

familiar scales, 69<br />

food labels, 74, 81, 121, 380<br />

forms, 70, 164<br />

global scale, 7, 12, 168<br />

global usage, 108–110<br />

gravitati<strong>on</strong>al, 174, 173–175<br />

© 2021 T. W. Murphy, Jr.; Creative Comm<strong>on</strong>s Attributi<strong>on</strong>-N<strong>on</strong>Commercial 4.0 Internati<strong>on</strong>al Lic.; Freely available at:<br />

https://escholarship.org/uc/energy_ambiti<strong>on</strong>s.

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