Title:
Introduction to energy : resources, technology, and society / Edward S. Cassedy, Polytechnic University, New York, USA, Peter Z. Grossman, Butler University, Indiana, USA.
Author:
Cassedy, Edward S., author.
Grossman, Peter Z., 1948- author.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
©2017
Call Number:
TJ163.2 .C4 2017
Abstract:
"Given the potential disruption of climate change, understanding energy issues and technologies is more important than ever if societies are to make informed choices on policy. Now in its third edition, Introduction to Energy explores the crucial issues connected to modern energy technology and its uses. Fully updated to respond to the substantial developments in the energy sector, the book expands on the relationships of energy use and climate change; of energy availability and the alleviation of world poverty; and of energy consumption and the sustainability of the lifestyles of people in the industrialized world."--Back cover.
Edition:
Third edition.
ISBN:
9781107605046
Physical Description:
x, 399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Part I. Energy resources and technology. Introduction -- Energy resources -- Conventional conversion of energy -- The demand for energy -- Global perspectives -- Part II. Power generation : the technology and its effects. Fossil fuels : impacts and technology -- Nuclear fission technology -- The nuclear fuel cycle, weapons proliferation, and nuclear power : the next generation -- The economics of electric power -- Part III. Energy technology and the future. Alternative technologies -- Energy transition.
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