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SI numerical designations and their symbols.
    TABLE B.1 SI Numerical Designations, Prefixes, and Symbols

    Number
Prefix
Symbol
10 -24
yocto-
y
10 -21
zepto-
z
10 -18
atto-
a
10 -15
femto-
f
10 -12
pico-
p
10 -9
nano-
n
10 -6
micro-
u (greek mu)
10 -3
milli-
m
10 -2
centi-
c
10 -1
deci-
d
10 1
deka-
da
10 2
hecto-
h
10 3
kilo-
k
10 6
mega-
M
10 9
giga-
G
10 12
tera-
T
10 15
peta-
P
10 18
exa-
E
10 21
zeta-
Z
10 24
yotta-
Y

    Source : Math.com , “Number Notation: Hierarchy or Decimal Notation,” http://www.math.com/tables/general/numnotation.htm .

APPENDIX C: AMERICA’S CONVOLUTED ENERGY REGULATORY STRUCTURE
    In 1971, the Christian Science Monitor estimated that federal energy policy was determined by forty-eight federal agencies and fourteen congressional committees. b In 2009, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy estimated that there were twenty-four federal agencies and twenty-five congressional committees playing roles in shaping energy policy: c
Federal Agencies
    U.S. Government Departments
    U.S. Department of Agriculture
    U.S. Department of Commerce
    U.S. Department of Defense
    U.S. Department of Energy
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    U.S. Department of Homeland Security
    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    U.S. Department of Justice
    U.S. Department of State
    U.S. Department of the Interior
    U.S. Department of the Treasury
    U.S. Department of Transportation
Other Government Agencies
    Export Import Bank of the United States

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    Northwest Power and Conservation Council
    Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation
    Tennessee Valley Authority
    U.S. Agency for International Development
    U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
    U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
    U.S. International Trade Commission
    U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Congressional Committees
    House Agriculture
    House Appropriations
    House Armed Services
    House Budget
    House Energy and Commerce
    House Foreign Affairs
    House Homeland Security
    House Natural Resources
    House Oversight and Government Reform
    House Rules Committee
    House Science and Technology
    House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
    House Transportation and Infrastructure
    House Ways and Means
    Senate Agriculture
    Senate Appropriations
    Senate Armed Services
    Senate Budget
    Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation
    Senate Energy and Natural Resources
    Senate Environment and Public Works
    Senate Finance
    Senate Foreign Relations
    Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs
    Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs

APPENDIX D: COUNTRIES RANKED BY PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION, 2007 325

    TABLE D.1 World’s Most Coal-Dependent Countries

    Source : BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008, http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2008/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_review_2008.pdf .

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    TABLE D.2 World’s Most Oil-Dependent Countries

    Source : BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008, http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2008/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_review_2008.pdf .

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    TABLE D.3 World’s Most Natural Gas–Dependent Countries

    Source : BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008, http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2008/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_review_2008.pdf .

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    TABLE D.4 World’s Most Nuclear-Dependent Countries

    Source : BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008,