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Energy: Perspectives, problems, and prospects / Michael B. McElroy.-

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York: Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xii, 409p.: 25 cmISBN: 9780195386110LOC classification: TJ163.2.M3843
Contents:
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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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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