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Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet, 2021a

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442<br />

heat pump, 99, 297<br />

geothermal energy, 165, 167, 275–280, 295<br />

depleti<strong>on</strong> mining, 277–278, 297<br />

energy density, 277<br />

origin, 275<br />

practical implementati<strong>on</strong>, 278–280, 295<br />

producti<strong>on</strong> statistics, 279<br />

sustainable harvest, 276–277, 297<br />

usage, 106, 108<br />

global energy scale, 7, 168<br />

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

weakness, 174–175<br />

Greek letters, 421<br />

Green Revoluti<strong>on</strong>, 31, 123, 124<br />

greenhouse effect, 12, 144, 146, 151<br />

greenhouse gases, 145, 146, 144–146, 151<br />

Greenl<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g>, 140, 153, 156<br />

growth, see also exp<strong>on</strong>ential<br />

dependence up<strong>on</strong>, 318–319<br />

historical, 7<br />

limits to, 13<br />

thermodynamic limits, 12<br />

hair, collective, 284, 322<br />

half life, see nucleus, radioactive decay, half<br />

life<br />

heat, 73–76<br />

capacity, 85–86, 152<br />

generati<strong>on</strong>, 84–85<br />

home heating, 86–88, 96, 334<br />

loss rate (homes), 87<br />

loss rate(homes), 334<br />

of fusi<strong>on</strong>, ice, 152<br />

of vaporizati<strong>on</strong>, 177<br />

R-value, 87<br />

waste, 10, 84, 396–397<br />

heat engine, 90, 92, 88–94<br />

0 K limit, 94<br />

efficiency, 93–94<br />

heat pump, 95, 95–99<br />

> 100% magic?, 96<br />

COP, 97<br />

EER, 97–98<br />

efficiency, 95–97<br />

geothermal, 99<br />

HSPF, 98<br />

historical growth, see growth, historical<br />

hockey stick curve, 31, 115<br />

hotting up, see climate change<br />

HSPF (heat pump), 98<br />

Hubbert, M. King, 116, 130<br />

human<br />

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

awareness, 328–330<br />

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

diet choices, 341–342<br />

evoluti<strong>on</strong>, 58, 312, 318, 408–411<br />

l<strong>on</strong>g term prospects, 117, 404–410<br />

metabolism, 11, 72, 74, 104, 168, 397<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality, see pers<strong>on</strong>ality<br />

values, 343–344<br />

hydroelectric power, 164, 173–181, 295<br />

capacity factor, 176<br />

dam c<strong>on</strong>cept, 175<br />

efficiency, 176<br />

global usage, 180<br />

in the U.S., 106, 108, 109, 178–179<br />

pros <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>s, 180, 295<br />

theoretical potential, 177–178<br />

hydrogen fuel, 122, 286<br />

hydrological cycle, 177<br />

ice melt, 152, 153, 154, 156, 156, 156<br />

ideal gas law, 89, 381–382<br />

individual acti<strong>on</strong>, 309–310, 332–343<br />

infrared radiati<strong>on</strong>, 10, 145, 146, 143–146, 147<br />

universality, 11<br />

intensity, energy, 18–21, 24<br />

interest, see exp<strong>on</strong>ential, interest<br />

inverse functi<strong>on</strong>s, 5, 370<br />

Jev<strong>on</strong>s paradox, 23<br />

Jev<strong>on</strong>s, William Stanley, 23<br />

Keeling curve, 139, 139, 142, 142<br />

Keeling, Dave, 139<br />

kinetic energy, 184, 184–185<br />

Las Vegas, 120, 169<br />

light<br />

energy, 79, 197–199<br />

phot<strong>on</strong>s, 79, 198, 199<br />

Planck spectrum, 200, 199–201<br />

Wien law, 199<br />

logarithm, 5<br />

logarithmic plot, 7<br />

logistic model, 33–35<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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