{"product_id":"the-reality-of-american-energy-the-hidden-costs-of-electricity-policy-hardcover","title":"The Reality of American Energy: The Hidden Costs of Electricity Policy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyan M. Yonk\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJordan Lofthouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMegan Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book dispels common myths about electricity and electricity policy and reveals how government policies manipulate energy markets, create hidden costs, and may inflict a net harm on the American people and the environment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClimate change, energy generation and use, and environmental degradation are among the most salient--and controversial--political issues today. Our country's energy future will be determined by the policymakers who enact laws that favor certain kinds of energy production while discouraging others as much as by the energy-production companies or the scientists working to reduce the environmental impact of all energy production. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Reality of American Energy: The Hidden Costs of Electricity\u003c\/i\u003e provides rare insights into the politics and economics surrounding electricity in the United States. It identifies the economic, physical, and environmental implications of distorting energy markets to limit the use of fossil fuels while increasing renewable energy production and explains how these unseen effects of favoring renewable energy may be counterproductive to the economic interests of American citizens and to the protection of the environment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first two chapters of the book introduce the subject of electricity policy in the United States and to enable readers to understand why policymakers do what they do. The remainder of the book examines the realities of the major electricity sources in the United States: coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydrodynamic, wind, biomass, solar, and geothermal. Each of these types of energy sources is analyzed in a dedicated chapter that explains how the electricity source works and identifies how politics and public policy shape the economic and environmental impacts associated with them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRyan M. Yonk\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is assistant research professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Utah State University and vice president and executive director of Strata Policy, a thinktank focused on finding voluntary solutions to modern public policy issues. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJordan Lofthouse\u003c\/b\u003e, MSE, has published several op-eds in \u003ci\u003eThe Hill\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Lake Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMegan Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e, MSE, is a policy analyst at Strata Policy. She has published op-eds in \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Salt Lake Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.3 x 0.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53111699046707,"sku":"9781440853913","price":151.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/JRVQ6NNP409781440853913.webp?v=1772748743","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-reality-of-american-energy-the-hidden-costs-of-electricity-policy-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}