Review: ""In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping and intercontinental air travel so cheap that they have changed the fa…
"The many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is flat to an unlikely rehabilitation of Genghis Khan as a pioneer of global commerce. Missing from these accounts is a consideration of the technologies behind the creation of th…
What makes it possible for us to move billions of tons of raw materials and manufactured goods from continent to continent? Why are we able to fly almost anywhere on the planet within twenty-four hours? In Prime Movers of Globalization, Vaclav Smil offers a history of two key te…
The many books on globalization published over the past few years range from claims that the world is flat to an unlikely rehabilitation of Genghis Khan as a pioneer of global commerce. Missing from these accounts is a consideration of the technologies behind the creation of the…
""In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping and intercontinental air travel so cheap that they have changed the face of ou…
""In Prime Movers, Smil's passion for the Cinderellas of civilization focuses on the diesel engines and gas turbines that power ocean vessels and wide-body jets. These engines have made ocean shipping and intercontinental air travel so cheap that they have changed the face of ou…
Cost, effectiveness, and deployment of fuel economy technologies for light-duty vehicles
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, National Research Council (U.S.)., Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on the Assessment of Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles, Phase 2
"The light-duty vehicle fleet is expected to undergo substantial technological changes over the next several decades. New powertrain designs, alternative fuels, advanced materials and significant changes to the vehicle body are being driven by increasingly stringent fuel economy…
Cost, effectiveness, and deployment of fuel economy technologies for light-duty vehicles
by National Research Council (U.S.)., Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, National Research Council (U.S.)., Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council (U.S.)., Committee on the Assessment of Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles, Phase 2
"The light-duty vehicle fleet is expected to undergo substantial technological changes over the next several decades. New powertrain designs, alternative fuels, advanced materials and significant changes to the vehicle body are being driven by increasingly stringent fuel economy…
