This book describes the processes through which rates for energy consumption are derived, ranging from initial analyses of the supply and demand parameters to the final forms and levels of end-use consumer prices. The author argues against aggressive accounting procedures, and s…
"This book is a unique, multidisciplinary, effort to apply rigorous thermodynamics fundamentals, a disciplined scholarly approach, to problems of sustainability, energy, and resource uses. Applying thermodynamic thinking to problems of sustainable behavior is a significant advan…
De invloed van energie, land en water op de voedselproduktie wordt door een aantal deskundigen in afzonderlijke hoofdstukken weergegeven. De bedoeling ervan is dat het als achtergrondinformatie dient bij het oplossen van het probleem van het verschaffen van voedsel voor de bevol…
Discusses the issue of peak oil, the future decline of oil production when the world's largest oil fields become depleted. The term "Peak Oil" was born in January 2001 when Colin Campbell formed the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO). Now, Peak Oil is used thous…
"This path-breaking volume explores cultures of energy, the underlying but under-appreciated dimensions of both crisis and innovation in resource use around the globe. Theoretical chapters situate pressing energy issues in larger conceptual frames, and ethnographic case studies …
In sehr verständlicher Weise führt das Buch in die Komplexität moderner Elektroenergiesysteme und die aktuelle Energiewende ein. Dabei werden technologische Innovationen und politische Rahmenbedingungen in Form des aktuellen Energiewirtschaftsgesetzes und des Erneuerbare-Energie…
