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    John Birch Society
    Johnson Controls
    Johnson, Lyndon
    Joiner, Columbus Marion (“Dad”)
    Jones, Jerry
    Joule, James Prescott
    Joules (J), as a measure of energy
    Joy Mining Machinery

    Kansas
    Kazakhstan
    Kennedy, Robert F., Jr.
    Kentucky(fig.)(table)
    Kerosene
    Kerry, John
    Khosla, Vinod
    Kitimat LNG
    Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
    Knowles, Ruth Sheldon
    Knudson, Tom
    Kreider, Jan
    Krupp, Fred
    Kunstler, James
    Kyoto Protocol

    Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
    Laks, Dan
    Land required. See Real-estate footprint
    Lang, Peter
    Lanthanides (fig.)
    Laos
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Lawyers vs. engineers
    Lay, Ken
    Lead
    League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
    Lee, Rob
    Lightbridge Corporation
    Lilienthal, David
    Lindzen, Richard
    Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
    Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
    Lithium
    Live Earth
    Long Emergency, The (Kunstler)
    Los Alamos National Laboratory
    Louisiana
    Lovelock, James
    Lovins, Amory
    Lustgarten, Abrahm

    Mahajan, Swadesh
    Malaysia
    Manhattan Project
    Marcellus Shale
    Marchetti, Cesare
    Marsa-Ursa offshore oilfield(fig.)
    Maslow, Abraham
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Mathematical skills, lack of
    McCain, John
    McCarthy, Joe
    McClendon, Aubrey
    McDermott International
    Megatrends, key

    Mencken. H. L.
    Mercury
    Methane
    abundant supplies of
    See also Greenhouse gases; Natural gas
    Methane economy
    Mexico(fig.)(table)(fig.)
    Mexico, Gulf of(fig.)
    Middle East
    Midgley, Thomas
    Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
    Milford Wind Corridor
    Mills, Mark
    Mineral rights
    Missouri(table)
    Mitchell, George
    Mitsubishi
    Mixed oxide fuel (MOX)
    Molycorp Minerals
    Montefiore, Hugh
    Moore, Michael
    Moore, Patrick
    Morales, Evo
    Motors, power equivalencies of various
    Mountaintop-removal mining, banning, call for
    Muir, Robert
    Mullers, Richard
    Municipal solid waste(fig.)
    Myths, debunking, importance of

    N2N
    defined
    embracing, importance of
    megatrends favoring
    and other suggestions
    See also Natural gas; Nuclear power
    N2N Plan
    Nagasaki
    Nakicenovic, Nebosa
    National Academy of Sciences
    National Audubon Society
    National Mathematics Advisory Panel
    National Science Foundation
    National security issues
    Native Americans
    NativeEnergy
    Natural gas
    capacity factor of(fig.)
    carbon dioxide emissions of
    comparing energy output of, with other energy sources(fig.)
    and comparing resources to reserves
    competing with coal
    consumption of(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)
    deeper drilling for
    and electricity generation(fig.) (fig.)
    emulating policies involving
    environmental costs of
    and federal subsidies(fig.)
    footprint of(fig.)
    globalization of
    happy talk on
    measuring and selling, ways of
    myth involving
    as non-polluting
    peak, concern over, addressing
    and the Pickens Plan
    power density of(fig.)
    price of
    production of
    promoting
    recoverable, estimated
    reliability of
    reserves of
    resource intensity of(fig.)
    resources for
    share of, in the primary energy mix (figs. 33, 34)
    See also under specific countries
    Natural gas industry
    â€œNatural Gas Market Review 2009” (IEA)
    Natural gas plants, operating costs of
    Natural Gas Policy Act
    Natural gas regulations
    Natural gas shortages, misinformation about
    Natural gas to nuclear. See N2N

    Natural Gas Vehicles for America
    Natural gas vehicles (NGVs) (fig.)
    Natural gas wells, U.S., average productivity of(fig.)
    Natural Resources Defense Council
    Nature Conservancy
    Navigant Consulting(fig.)
    â€œNeed for Nuclear Power, The” (Beller)
    Neiman, Bill
    Neodymium (fig.)
    Netherlands(table)(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)(fig.)
    Neurotoxins, emissions of, issue of
    Nevada
    New Albany Shale(table)
    New Mexico(table)
    New York Regional Interconnect
    New York State
    New Zealand
    Nigeria
    NIMBY (not in my backyard) attitude
    Nitrogen dioxide(fig.)
    Nitrogen oxides
    Nixon administration
    Nordhaus, Ted
    No-regrets policy
    North Africa
    North Dakota(table)
    North Korea(fig.)
    Norway
    and carbon capture and