| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 700 pages : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Energy, work, and power -- Human energy -- The energy balance -- Fire -- Firewood -- Combustion for home comfort -- Waterwheels -- Wind energy -- The steam engine -- Heat and thermal efficiency -- Introduction to electricity -- How electricity is generated -- Impacts of electricity on society -- Electricity from falling water -- Electricity from steam -- Energy for transportation -- Petroleum and its products -- Gasoline -- The impact of the automobile -- Jet engines and jet fuel -- Diesel engines and diesel fuel -- Atomic energy -- Nuclear power plants -- The nuclear controversy -- Energy and the environment -- Acid rain -- Vehicle emissions and emissionless vehicles -- Global climate change -- Fossil energy: reserves, resources, and geopolitics -- Renewable energy from biomass -- Electricity from wind -- Energy from the sun -- Nuclear fusion: bringing the sun to Earth. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
IntroductionEnergy, Work, And PowerHuman EnergyThe Energy BalanceFireFirewoodCombustion For Home ComfortWaterwheelsWind EnergyThe Steam EngineHeat And Thermal EfficiencyIntroduction To ElectricityHow Electricity Is GeneratedImpacts Of Electricity On SocietyElectricity From Falling WaterElectricity From SteamEnergy For TransportationPetroleum And Its ProductsGasolineThe Impact Of The AutomobileJet Engines And Jet FuelDiesel Engines And Diesel FuelAtomic EnergyNuclear Power PlantsThe Nuclear ControversyEnergy And The EnvironmentAcid RainVehicle Emissions And Emissionless VehiclesGlobal Climate ChangeFossil Energy: Reserves, Resources, And GeopoliticsRenewable Energy From BiomassElectricity From WindEnergy From The SunNuclear Fusion: Bringing The Sun To Earth. |
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Power resources.
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Force and energy.
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Energy consumption -- Social aspects.
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Power resources -- Environmental aspects.
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Ressources énergétiques. |
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Force et énergie. |
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Ressources énergétiques -- Aspect de l'environnement. |
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Énergie -- Consommation -- Aspect social. |
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energy resources. |
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energy. |
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Energy consumption -- Social aspects |
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Force and energy |
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Power resources |
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Power resources -- Environmental aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Schobert, Harold H. Energy and Society : An Introduction, Second Edition. Hoboken : CRC Press, ©2014 9781439826454 |
| ISBN |
9781482219258 |
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1482219255 |
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