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sequestration
    electricity consumption in
    and energy consumption(fig.)
    and energy intensity(fig.)
    hydropower utilization in
    and nuclear power
    and wind power
    Nuclear capacity
    Nuclear consumption(fig.)(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)
    Nuclear power
    as beyond green
    capacity factor of(fig.)
    and comparing energy output, with other energy sources(fig.)
    daily global commercial use of
    and electricity generation(fig.) (fig.)(fig.)
    environmental costs of
    and federal subsidies(fig.)
    footprint of(fig.)
    as a fuel of the future
    as non-polluting
    power density of(fig.)
    promoting
    reliability of
    resource intensity of(fig.)
    share of, in the primary energy mix (figs. 33, 34)
    transition to renewable energy and, timeframe for
    See also under specific countries
    Nuclear power plants
    Nuclear reactors
    Nuclear regulation
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Nuclear waste, addressing
    Nuclear Waste Policy Act
    Nuclear weapons
    Nuclear-focused national laboratories
    NuScale Power

    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Obama administration
    Obama, Barack
    Obama, Michelle
    Obiang, Teodoro
    Obiang, Teodoro Nguema
    Office of Vehicle Technologies
    Ohio(table)
    Oil
    comparing energy output of, with other energy sources(fig.)
    deeper drilling for
    as dirty, myth about
    and electricity generation(fig.) (fig.)

    as energy and power
    environmental costs of
    essentiality of
    footprint of(fig.)
    foreign, need for, vocal denouncer of
    global market for, myth involving
    high energy density of
    issues surrounding
    measuring and selling, ways of
    ongoing transition away from, challenge in the
    peak, concern over, addressing
    power density of(fig.)
    share of, in the primary energy mix (figs. 33, 34)
    transition to, pace of the
    Oil and gas industry
    Oil consumption
    continued decline in
    and GDP, correlation between (fig.)
    global(fig.)(fig.)
    increase in
    promoting, reason for
    time span reflecting(fig.)
    See also under specific countries
    Oil embargo
    Oil, Gas & Government (Bradley Jr.)
    Oil imports
    Oil prices
    Oil production
    and corruption
    encouraging
    global(fig.)
    leaders in
    from stripper wells(fig.)
    Oil refining
    Oil reserves
    Oil spills
    Oklahoma(fig.)
    O’Leary, John
    Oman
    Oregon
    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
    Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
    Oswald, James

    Pachauri, Rajendra
    PacifiCorp
    Pakistan(fig.)
    carbon dioxide emissions of(fig.)
    and electricity(fig.)
    and energy consumption(fig.)
    and energy intensity(fig.)
    and energy poverty
    and nuclear power
    and nuclear weapons
    power consumption in(fig.)
    Paradoxes
    Parker Drilling
    Party’s Over, The (Heinberg)
    Pasternak, Alan
    Patzek, Tad
    Peabody Energy
    Peak coal
    Peak gas
    Peak oil
    Pelosi, Nancy
    Pennsylvania
    Pérez Alfonso, Juan Pablo
    Periodic Table, the(fig.)
    Perry, Rick
    Peru
    Peterson, Per
    Petrobas
    PetroChina
    Petroleum. See Oil
    Petroleum gas, liquefied (LPG)
    Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Wisconsin
    Physics for Future Presidents (Muller)
    Pickens Plan
    Pickens, T. Boone
    Pielke, Roger, Jr.
    Pitts, Frank
    Plutonium
    Poland
    Polimeni, John

    Political extremes, avoiding, importance of
    Pollution
    Population growth
    Population size, largest, countries with the, and energy consumption
    Potential Gas Committee
    Poverty rates, U.S.
    Power
    defining
    differentiating between energy and
    hunger for
    See also specific type of power
    Power consumption, global (fig.)
    Power density
    of cellulosic ethanol
    comparing, of various fuels(fig.)
    defining
    evolution of
    as imperative
    and the issue with wind, solar, and biofuels
    of nuclear reactors
    of oil
    of stripper wells
    of wood
    Power equivalencies
    Power metrics, described
    Power stations, central, history of
    Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act
    Praseodymium(fig.)
    Presidential primary system, reform needed in
    President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
    Price, Asher
    Price controls, on natural gas
    Price shocks
    Prindle, David
    Propane
    Public Citizen
    Public