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Energy : perspectives, problems, and prospects / Michael B. McElroy.
Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.Description: xii, 409 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780195386110 :
- 0195386116 :
- TJ163.2 .M3843 2010
Contents:
From hunter-gatherers to English factories -- Energy : what is it and how do we measure it? -- Wood, photosynthesis, and the carbon cycle -- Coal : origin, history, and problems -- Oil : properties, origin, history, problems, and prospects -- Natural gas : origin, history, and prospects -- Energy from water and wind -- Nuclear power -- Steam power -- Electricity -- Automobiles, trucks, and the internal combustion engine -- The challenge of global climate change -- Prospects for carbon capture and sequestration -- Ethanol from biomass : can it substitute for gasoline? -- Current patterns of energy use -- Vision for a low-carbon energy future.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | TJ 163.2 .M3843 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5001758 |
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| TJ 163.15 .E26 1996 Economics and politics of energy / | TJ 163.2 .H625 2010 Alternative energy systems and applications / | TJ 163.2 .M37513 2010 Beyond the age of oil : the myths, realities, and future of fossil fuels and their alternatives / | TJ 163.2 .M3843 2010 Energy : perspectives, problems, and prospects / | TJ 163.2 .S66 2000 Renewable energy : its physics, engineering, use, environmental impacts, economy and planning aspects / | TJ 163.2 .T3485 2008 Career opportunities in the energy industry / | TJ 163.24 .L56 2009 Post-oil energy technology : the world's first solar-hydrogen demonstration power plant / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From hunter-gatherers to English factories -- Energy : what is it and how do we measure it? -- Wood, photosynthesis, and the carbon cycle -- Coal : origin, history, and problems -- Oil : properties, origin, history, problems, and prospects -- Natural gas : origin, history, and prospects -- Energy from water and wind -- Nuclear power -- Steam power -- Electricity -- Automobiles, trucks, and the internal combustion engine -- The challenge of global climate change -- Prospects for carbon capture and sequestration -- Ethanol from biomass : can it substitute for gasoline? -- Current patterns of energy use -- Vision for a low-carbon energy future.
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