Coleman Raphael

There is No Energy Problem Coleman Raphael

Publisher Marketing: The purpose of this book is to demonstrate how our forward-looking and progressive nation can be free of dependence on limited energy sources, such as foreign oil. This book will define energy and describe its current uses and sources. We will ultimately recognize how we can economically and efficiently use the sun's energy to supply all of our current and future needs. The book begins by defining energy and then giving examples, such as hoisting a weight, pushing a piston, or boiling a pail of water. Some of the common forms of energy are known as kinetic, thermal, chemical, electrical, radiant, sound, stored, potential, and nuclear. These forms are described and exemplified. Concern is sometimes expressed that world energy is being "used up." This is a meaningless concern. Here we will evaluate and quantify the world's principal energy usage (food, heat, transportation, and industrial processes), and consider the energy sources which provide this usage. A sensible and economically viable plan is then proposed and described for meeting all our energy needs. As we consider and examine various energy sources which mankind has available, we easily come to the most dramatic and most important source for a sensible energy policy: direct solar radiation. We would satisfy all U. S. energy requirements if we were able to capture and make use of one hundredth of 1% of all the solar energy intercepted by the earth. This is not a very difficulty thing to do. All we need is creative vision, governmental support, and the determination to become energy independent soon, and our sensible goals will be achieved completely and economically. Contributor Bio:  Raphael, Coleman In 1986 Coleman Raphael retired as President and Board Chairman of the 5000-employee Atlantic Research Corporation. Following that, he was appointed Dean of the School of Business Administration at George Mason University, bringing it to accreditation and national recognition by 1991, at which time he retired. During his 55-year career, Dr. Raphael has been a college professor (at Pratt Institute), a chief of physics (at republic Aviation), A rocket scientist (at AVCO), a Space Systems division manager and Vice President (Fairchild Industries), a President and Chairman (Atlantic Research Corp, ), and Business School Dean (George Mason University). He founded a business incubator in Virginia, has been a director of seven companies (including GEICO and the National Bank of Washington), an advisor to three governors, a founder and CEO of several small businesses, and a teacher of capitalism (for the State Department) in China. His publications include an engineering textbook, two manuals, four journal articles (including science and energy policy), and eleven articles in various periodicals, ranging from science and sociology to ethical behavior. He has a Ph. D, many civic awards, appears in Who's Who, the Washington Business Hall of Fame and the Townsend Harris Hall of Fame, and has been a commencement and keynote speaker as well as a TV commentator.