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1 x People who have contributed advice, criticism, or information more directly, one way or another, include (alphabetically) Kenneth Arrow, Leslie Ayres, Christian Azar, Thomas Casten, Paul David, Nina Eisenmenger, Arnulf Gruebler, Jean-Charles Hourcade, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Astrid Kander, Paul Kleindorfer, Arkady Kryazhimsky, Reiner Kuemmel, Jie Li, Skip Luken, Katalin Martinas, Shunsuke Mori, Neboysa Nakicenovich, Tom Prugh, Donald Rogich, Adam Rose, Warren Sanderson, Jerry Silverberg, Thomas Sterner, David Strahan, Jeroen van den Bergh, Benjamin Warr, and Chihiro Watanabe. People who have contributed advice, criticism, or information more directly, one way or another, include (alphabetically) Kenneth Arrow, Leslie Ayres, Christian Azar, Thomas Casten, Paul David, Nina Eisenmenger, Arnulf Gruebler, Jean-Charles Hourcade, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Astrid Kander, Paul Kleindorfer, Arkady Kryazhimsky, Reiner Kuemmel, Jie Li, Skip Luken, Katalin Martinas, Shunsuke Mori, Neboysa Nakicenovich, Tom Prugh, Donald Rogich, Adam Rose, Warren Sanderson, Jerry Silverberg, Thomas Sterner, David Strahan, Jeroen van den Bergh, Genevieve Verbrugge, Benjamin Warr, and Chihiro Watanabe. 4/14/2011
1 6 The proof, which we summarize briefly in this book and provide in full detail on our web site, is that incorporating the energy-as-useful-work factor into the economic models dramatically improves their long-term explanatory power—and forecasting capability. The proof, which we summarize briefly in this book and provide in full detail on the book’s web site1, is that incorporating the energy-as-useful-work factor into the economic models dramatically improves their long-term explanatory power—and forecasting capability. 4/14/2011
1 6 Add footnote 1 For Web Site Access: Go to www.informit.com/register (free registration required) and enter the book’s ISBN number: 9780137015443. Go to Your Account page and click on Access Bonus Content to download files. 4/14/2011
1 7 Second, if low energy-service costs are needed to drive growth, the economic prospect is more dire than most experts have thought.1 Second, if low energy-service costs are needed to drive growth, the economic prospect is more dire than most experts have thought.2 4/14/2011
1 7-8 1- Even if short-term energy prices fall, as they did in late 2008, thinking that the long-term threat has abated is a mistake.

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2- Even if short-term energy prices fall, as they did in late 2008, thinking that the long-term threat has abated is a mistake. 4/14/2011
1 11 Because it couldn’t be explained by economic variables, technological progress has been assumed to be exogenous (independent of economic forces). Remove bold text for exogenous. 4/14/2011
1 14 The results were “too good to be true.” Both the Kuemmel model and the Ayres–Warr model had ignored a certain article of faith among trained economists: that the relative importance (known as output elasticities) of capital and labor as factors of growth should be exactly proportional to their “cost shares” in the national accounts. Remove bold text for output elasticities. 4/14/2011
1 14 Readers can find this proof, along with a stati-stical analysis that responds to the objections that the reconstructions provided by the two independent models are “too good to be true,” in greater detail in several publications and on our web site. Readers can find this proof, along with a stati-stical analysis that responds to the objections that the reconstructions provided by the two independent models are “too good to be true,” in greater detail in several publications and on the book’s web site (see footnote on page 6). 4/14/2011
1 21 Their vehement protests—combined with considerable confusion among legislators about whom to listen to (climate scientists or Exxon and Shell lobbyists?)—were enough to keep Congress from passing any meaningful climate-related legislation before 2009. Their vehement protests—combined with considerable confusion among legislators about whom to listen to (climate scientists or Exxon and Shell lobbyists?)—were enough to keep Congress from passing any meaningful climate-related legislation for years. 4/14/2011
1 203 For further discussion of the prospects for wind, solar-photovoltaic, solar thermal, and geothermal energy, see the book’s website at www.informit.com/register. (Go to this URL, sign in, and enter the ISBN. After you register, a link to the source content will be listed on your Account page, under Registered Products.) For further discussion of the prospects for wind, solar-photovoltaic, solar thermal, and geothermal energy, see the book’s web site.1

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1 206 the United Kingdom, and Austria (Ayres and Warr, 2005, 2009). For further discussion, see www.informit.com/register. the United Kingdom, and Austria (Ayres and Warr, 2005, 2009). For further discussion, see box at bottom of p.203. 4/14/2011