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Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet, 2021a

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443<br />

caveats, 38<br />

deer examples, 33–36<br />

fit to data, 37<br />

math, 33–34<br />

overshoot, 35<br />

MacKay, David, vii<br />

Malthus, Thomas, 27<br />

math refresher<br />

areas <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> volumes, 362–363<br />

equati<strong>on</strong> manipulati<strong>on</strong>, 369–370<br />

formula hunting, 368<br />

fracti<strong>on</strong>al powers, 366–367<br />

fracti<strong>on</strong>s, 363–365<br />

integer powers, 365–366<br />

intuitive rules, 361–362<br />

scientific notati<strong>on</strong>, 367–368<br />

units manipulati<strong>on</strong>, 370–373<br />

unnecessary precisi<strong>on</strong>, 359–361<br />

Milky Way Galaxy, 9, 55, 312<br />

mole, 78, 375–376<br />

Mt. Everest, 58, 62<br />

Myers–Briggs, see pers<strong>on</strong>ality, Myers–Briggs<br />

natural gas, see fossil fuels, natural gas<br />

notati<strong>on</strong>, 420<br />

nuclear<br />

accidents, 263, 263<br />

attitudes, 264<br />

binding energy, 247, 249, 247–249<br />

breeding, 259, 258–260, 296<br />

cost, 256<br />

fissi<strong>on</strong>, 165, 249–264, 296<br />

accounting, 251–255<br />

basics, 250–251<br />

chain reacti<strong>on</strong>, 251<br />

plut<strong>on</strong>ium, 259–260, 262<br />

products, 250, 252, 253<br />

pros <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>s, 264, 296<br />

thorium, 260, 296<br />

uranium, 257, 257–258<br />

fusi<strong>on</strong>, 165, 167, 264–269, 299<br />

cost, 267<br />

deuterium, 266<br />

fuel abundance, 266–267<br />

hydrogen bomb, 266<br />

ITER, 267<br />

mindset, 267–268<br />

NIF, 267<br />

pros <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> c<strong>on</strong>s, 268–269, 299<br />

realities, 267–268<br />

tritium, 266<br />

waste, 268<br />

implementati<strong>on</strong>s, 256<br />

power plant, 250, 255, 255–257<br />

proliferati<strong>on</strong>, 262–263<br />

radioactive waste, 261, 260–261<br />

safety, 263, 263<br />

str<strong>on</strong>g force, 240, 245, 247<br />

weak force, 245<br />

weap<strong>on</strong>s, 262–263, 266<br />

nuclear energy, 106, 108<br />

usage, 108, 109<br />

nucleus, 240, 239–241<br />

binding energy, 247, 249, 247–249<br />

Chart of the Nuclides, 240, 241, 240–241,<br />

242, 245, 259<br />

labeling, 240<br />

radioactive decay, 243, 244, 245, 242–245,<br />

261<br />

alpha, 243<br />

beta, 244<br />

gamma, 244<br />

half life, 242<br />

ocean currents, 165, 281–282, 298<br />

oil, see fossil fuels, petroleum<br />

oil prices, 132<br />

overshoot, 35–38<br />

oz<strong>on</strong>e, 145, 320<br />

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

Passive House, 87, 219<br />

peak oil, 116, 129, 133<br />

periodic table, 375<br />

pers<strong>on</strong>ality, 304–308<br />

Big–5, 305<br />

Myers–Briggs, 306, 307, 305–307<br />

petroleum, see fossil fuels, petroleum<br />

phot<strong>on</strong>s, 21, 79, 198, 199, 227, 394<br />

photosynthesis, 227–229<br />

efficiency, 228–229<br />

mass origin, 228<br />

potato example, 228<br />

photovoltaics, 201–206, 294<br />

I–V curve, 205<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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