This scientifically sound, yet easily readable book provides the fundamentals necessary to understand today's energy and climate problems and provides possible answers based on current technology such as solar, water and geothermal power. Moreover, it introduces the reader to ne…
This scientifically sound, yet easily readable book provides the fundamentals necessary to understand today's energy and climate problems and provides possible answers based on current technology such as solar, water and geothermal power. Moreover, it introduces the reader to ne…
Thermodynamics and the destruction of resources
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 advant…
Explores the conflict between consumer capitalism and globalization of the economy on the one hand, and the fragmentation of the political landscape into smaller tribal units based on ethnic, religious and racial factors on the other.
This text helps provide understanding of the myriad of issues that surround distributed generation, the newest, most significant trend in power production since the steam turbine. Chapters address virtually every aspect of this energy "revolution."
1: Introduction. -- 2: From Hunter Gatherers to English Factories. -- 3: Energy: what is it and how do we measure it? -- 4: Wood, Photosynthesis and the Carbon Cycle. -- 5: Coal: Origin, History and Problems. -- 6: Oil: Properties, Origin, History, Problems and Prospects. -- 7: …
"We are undergoing a historical transformation in the way we create and disseminate energy. Together, Internet technology and the reality of renewable energy are creating a new type of electrical grid, one in which energy is stored and distributed on an individual basis. Soon, h…
