Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Energy Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odyssey

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This is quite possibly the most important book about energy in a generation. For over thirty years Americans have been fed a steady diet of half-truths, misinformation, urban legends and outright fabrications about energy. The small amount of accurate information that does reach us is often obscured by scientific terminology or one-sided political posturing.

When faced with a dramatic increase in energy demand, uncertain supplies and the potentially harmful effects of carbon emissions how are we to make informed choices?

Veteran journalist William Tucker has relied on years of research and investigation to help us
make sense of America s energy predicament without the burdens of political pressures or predetermined outcomes.

It seems odd that nuclear energy has to be reintroduced to America. After all, today, thirty years after we began construction of our last new nuclear reactor, it still supplies nearly 20 percent of our electrical energy needs. And surprisingly, all this output is from plants that were once considered relics, but are now being run with an efficiency and safety record that was hard to envision a decade ago.

Perhaps the misgivings have always been with us. Since dawn of the Atomic era, nuclear power has been inextricably associated with nuclear weapons--each reactor a bomb waiting to go off. The accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and its amazing convergence of timing with the film, The China Syndrome reinforced the idea that a nuclear meltdown is a real, terrifying possibility that could kill thousands of people. The later, catastrophic disaster at Chernobyl in the Ukraine heightened these fears.

And so the use of atomic energy became controversial. Yet as Tucker makes absolutely clear, nuclear is the same process that heats the center of the earth to 7,000oF, hotter than the surface of the sun.

The concentration of power
in the nucleus of the atom is incredible. The disintegration of a single uranium atom produces 2 million times more energy than the breaking of a carbon-hydrogen atom in coal, oil, or natural gas, all with zero carbon emissions and zero greenhouse gases.

In Terrestrial Energy, Tucker is not content to merely give an argument about why nuclear is the best choice for our energy future. Instead he meticulously surveys entire the energy scene that has frustrated Americans for the past 30 years. Is there such a thing as clean coal? Can we expect that onservation will ever reduce our energy consumption?

And what about the renewable energy sources (wind, solar energy, hydropower, and biofuels) and their promise of clean, plentiful power? Each has its place in America s energy mix but each of these sources also has serious problems. The limiting factor of all these technologies will not be the amount of energy radiating from the sun but the
amount of land that will be required to capture and store it.

And what are the real dangers of an increase in the use of nuclear power? We have learned to become fearful of radiation at any dose, when in reality, we are regularly exposed to its effects, it is naturally occurring, often benign and in some cases even beneficial. Then there is the waste that supposedly makes nuclear technology unmanageable. It is much less alarming when you consider that the reason America has a nuclear waste problem is because we fail to recycle our spent fuel rods.

At the same time that world energy demand steadily increases, Americans are also being asked to be better stewards of the environment. Now is the perfect moment to renew our commitment to use the greatest scientific discovery of the 20th century as the forward-thinking solution. Terrestrial energy is without doubt, the only realistic, practical answer to our energy dilemma.

What Customers Say About Terrestrial Energy: How Nuclear Energy Will Lead the Green Revolution and End America's Energy Odyssey:

The Waxman-Markey bill has nothing to do with energy or CO2 reduction (it doesn't even really lower emissions)., only Progressive redistribution of wealth, social engineering, control, etc. I do, however, have to disagree with the author re: his blind acceptance of CO2 cap & trade schemes. It's an energy tax. I thought this was an interesting and engaging book. I highly recommend it for anyone.especially conservatives and Libertarians who are interested in real energy solutions.

We can't conserve our way to energy independence. Mr. For those people who are truly looking for a realistic alternative, this book provides the empirical evidence on why nuclear is safe (yes safe), cost-effective and clean. Solar, wind and hydro will not get us there. Tucker offers a review of the energy options available to the US and meticulously reviews the pros and cons of each option. The net is that with 0 emissions, nuclear is our best means toward reducing CO2 and delivering a REALISTIC energy roadmap for America.

This book doesn't completely dismiss alternative energy sources, but does shine a light on their shortcomings and high cost. Electric cars have to get their electricity from somewhere, and most citizens don't want to take cold showers and read by candles at night. policy, i.e nuclear weapon proliferation stemming from U.S. Terrestrial Energy is a very nice read for those wanting a clear and concise synopsis of the energy dilemma facing the U.S. nuclear plant spent fuel rods. citizens.

with the push to go primarily to wind/solar to reduce CO2 emissions. nuclear program without the context of debateful facts, and what the rest of the world is safely accomplishing by recycling spent fuel rods for reuse as new fuel and medical isotopes versus burial at sites like Yucca Mountain, which will remain a political football for years to come as dictated by a misdirected U.S. Many of these other books also bash a U.S. Nuclear power should get a spot at the table, but first people have to become educated by reading books such as Terrestrial Energy.There are several books out that try to address the U.S. These other books also fail to emphasize that wind and solar currently have to be backed up primarily by coal and gas because they are intermittent.

It addresses the facts and concerns of man-made global warming (AGW) as well as I've seen in a short space, and presents very well the safety record of the nuclear industry post Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. Many of these other books are poorly written with lots of facts and figures on solar and wind that are difficult to put into context with true cost, environmental impact, and the intermittent energy supply they provide for base load and peak electrical power currently provided primarily by coal and natural gas. Unfortunately many of these books concentrate on the AGW portion and do a poor job of describing the need of base load electrical power needed to maintain a vibrant economy and standard of living expected by U.S. Distributed generation is the new buzz word for environmentalist, but as presented in this book California didn't fare so well in this endeavor, nor should the U.S. dilemma of a secure energy policy while addressing the concerns of AGW.

Carter every studying nuclear engineering [.].These minor infractions cast a doubt on all other facts and figures quoted in the book. There is no record of Mr. [.].On Pg 291 the author writes "Carter was, after all, a former nuclear engineer under Admiral Hyman Rickover."Correct Version:A naval submarine officer yes, but certainly not a nuclear engineer.

So, here goesWhy the 4 stars.Because this book is everything the five star reviewers have said it is i.e. The professor was a faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Studies. Every time I have to assign a less than perfect score to a book, I am compelled to justify my reasons.

The institute happens to be in Princeton but is not affiliated with Princeton University. I sincerely hope that's not the case. the author has done a great job of comparing the existing energy alternativesWhy the missing star.

On Pg 259 the author states "Wigner was a colleague of Einstein's at Princeton."A more accurate statement:While Eugene Wigner was a faculty member at Princeton University, Einstein was not.

And the decades of safe, economical, and reliable use of nuclear in France is a lesson for U.S. There's nothing more persuasive than facts and real-world experience to counter myths. An important and interesting aspect of his book are his reports on numerous field trips to various places where research is conducted or energy is generated. I loved this book. policymakers to study and understand. I particularly liked the laymen's language explanations of the science behind each energy source.Mr. It is factual and analytical, yet understandable. Tucker is very credible in his de-bunking of scare tactics and unfounded fear-mongering by opponents of nuclear energy.