Current events related to energy policy - skyrocketing gasoline prices, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the Kyoto Protocol's enactment, passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the influence of recent Gulf Coast hurricanes on energy supplies and prices - demand innovative approaches towards conceptualizing the relationship between energy and American society.

"Current events related to energy policy - skyrocketing gasoline prices, the 2003 Northeast Blackout, the Kyoto Protocol's enactment, passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and the influence of recent Gulf Coast hurricanes on energy supplies and prices - demand innovative approaches towards conceptualizing the relationship between energy and American society.

- The Compelling Tangle of Energy and American Society.- Energy Myth one - Today's Energy Crisis is "Hype".- Energy Myth Two - The Public is Well Informed About Energy.- Energy Myth Three - High Land Requirements and an Unfavorable Energy Balance Preclude Biomass Ethanol from Playing a Large Role in Providing Energy Services.- Energy Myth Four - The Hydrogen Economy Is A Panacea To The Nation's Energy Problems.- Energy Myth Five - Price Signals are Insufficient to Induce Efficient Energy Investments.- Energy Myth Six - The Barriers to New and Innovative Energy Technologies are Primarily Technical: The Case of Distributed Generation (DG).- Energy Myth Seven - Renewable Energy Systems Could Never Meet Growing Electricity Demand in America.- Energy Myth Eight - Worldwide Power Systems are Economically and Environmentally Optimal.- Energy Myth Nine - Energy Efficiency Improvements have Already Reached Their Potential$1$.- Energy Myth Ten - Energy Efficiency Measures are Unreliable, Unpredictable, and Unenforceable.- Energy Myth Eleven - Energy R&D Investment Takes Decades to Reach the Market.- Energy Myth Twelve - Climate Policy Will Bankrupt the U.S. Economy.- Energy Myth Thirteen - Developing Countries are not Doing Their Part in Responding to Concerns About Climate Change.- Conclusions - Replacing Myths With Maxims: Rethinking The Relationship Between Energy And American Society.