List of Figures and Tables

Green Alternatives and National Energy Strategy: The Facts behind the Headlines

Figures

1.1	US Consumption of Energy by Source, 2008
1.2	US Energy Sources versus Consumption Sectors, 2008
1.3	US Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Source, 2007
1.4	US Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Energy Content, 2007
1.5	Products from US Petroleum Refineries, 2008
1.6	US Oil Production, Demand, and Imports
1.7	US Oil Imports by Country, 2008
1.8	Proved US Oil Reserves by Year
1.9	Proved World Oil Reserves
1.10	US Natural Gas Consumption by Sector, 2008
1.11	US Natural Gas Production, Consumption, and Imports
1.12	US Natural Gas Imports by Country, 2008
1.13	Proved World Natural Gas Reserves, 2009
1.14	Proved World Coal Reserves, 2006
1.15	US Nuclear Power Reactors
1.16	Nuclear Power Production of Electricity by Country, 2007
1.17	Proved World Uranium Reserves, 2007
2.1	Energy Flow in Typical Midsize Gasoline Car
2.2	Average US Fuel Economy
2.3	EPA Highway Fuel Economy Test Protocol
3.1	Fossil-Fuel Vehicle Layouts
3.2	Honda Civic Gasoline DX versus Honda Natural Gas GX
3.3	All-Electric Vehicle Layouts
3.4	Energy Flow in an Electric Vehicle
3.5	Chevrolet Gasoline Cobalt versus Chevrolet Volt Electric Vehicle
3.6	Chevrolet Equinox Gasoline Vehicle versus Equinox Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle
3.7	Efficiency of Plug-In Vehicles versus Fuel-Cell Vehicles
4.1	Wind Resource Potential
4.2	Typical Large Wind Turbine
4.3	Wind Turbine Noise versus Distance
4.4	Solar Photovoltaic Resource Potential
4.5	Nellis Air Force Base Solar Power Farm
4.6	Geothermal Electric Power Plant
4.7	Geothermal Resource Potential
4.8	Hydroelectric Dam
4.9	Potential US Hydroelectric Power

Tables

1.1	US Consumption of Primary Energy Sources, 2008
1.2	US Consumption of Renewable Energy Sources, 2008
1.3	US Consumption of Secondary Energy Sources, 2008
1.4	Pollution by Energy Content of Fossil Fuels
3.1	Biodiesel Crop Yields
3.2	Energy Densities of Fuels
3.3	Electric Vehicle Range Factors
3.4	Electric Vehicle Battery Charging Time
3.5	Sources of Lithium by Country
4.1	Wind Speed Classification
4.2	Wind Turbine Specifications: Vestas 3.0 MW