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Tackling Climate Change in the U.S.

Potential Carbon Emissions Reductions
from Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 2030

Edited by Charles F. Kutscher, Ph.D., P.E.
American Solar Energy Society

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FOREWORD
by James Hansen, Ph.D.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
by Brad Collins

LIST OF FIGURES

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
by Charles F. Kutscher, Ph.D, P.E..

OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY OF THE STUDIES
by Charles F. Kutscher, Ph.D., P.E.


ENERGY EFFICIENCY

OVERALL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
by Joel N. Swisher, Ph.D., P.E.

BUILDINGS
by Marilyn A. Brown, Ph.D., Therese K. Stovall, and Patrick J. Hughes, P.E.

PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES
by Peter Lilienthal, Ph.D., and Howard Brown

RENEWABLE ENERGY

CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER (CSP)
by Mark S. Mehos and David W. Kearney, Ph.D.

PHOTOVOLTAICS (PV)
by Paul Denholm, Ph.D., Robert M. Margolis, Ph.D., and Ken Zweibel

WIND POWER
by Michael Milligan, Ph.D.

BIOMASS
by Ralph P. Overend, Ph.D. and Anelia Milbrandt

BIOFUELS
by John J. Sheehan

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
by Martin Vorum, P.E. and Jefferson W. Tester, Ph.D.


APPENDIX
The Science and Challenge of Global Warming
by Charles F. Kutscher, Ph.D., P.E.

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