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Author : Hubert E. Risser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Power and the Environment - a Potential Crisis in Energy Supply written by Hubert E. Risser and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hubert E. Risser
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (222 download)
Download or read book Power and the environment written by Hubert E. Risser and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carlton Stowe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Energy and the Environment written by Carlton Stowe and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard A. Simmons
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 1612493106
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Understanding the Global Energy Crisis written by Richard A. Simmons and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are facing a global energy crisis caused by world population growth, an escalating increase in demand, and continued dependence on fossil-based fuels for generation. It is widely accepted that increases in greenhouse gas concentration levels, if not reversed, will result in major changes to world climate with consequential effects on our society and economy. This is just the kind of intractable problem that Purdue University's Global Policy Research Institute seeks to address in the Purdue Studies in Public Policy series by promoting the engagement between policy makers and experts in fields such as engineering and technology. Major steps forward in the development and use of technology are required. In order to achieve solutions of the required scale and magnitude within a limited timeline, it is essential that engineers be not only technologically-adept but also aware of the wider social and political issues that policy-makers face. Likewise, it is also imperative that policy makers liaise closely with the academic community in order to realize advances. This book is designed to bridge the gap between these two groups, with a particular emphasis on educating the socially-conscious engineers and technologists of the future. In this accessibly-written volume, central issues in global energy are discussed through interdisciplinary dialogue between experts from both North America and Europe. The first section provides an overview of the nature of the global energy crisis approached from historical, political, and sociocultural perspectives. In the second section, expert contributors outline the technology and policy issues facing the development of major conventional and renewable energy sources. The third and final section explores policy and technology challenges and opportunities in the distribution and consumption of energy, in sectors such as transportation and the built environment. The book's epilogue suggests some future scenarios in energy distribution and use.
Author : Barry Commoner
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 1101875933
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Poverty of Power written by Barry Commoner and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2015-02-18 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the last ten years, the United States—the most powerful and technically advanced society in human history—has been confronted by a series of ominous, seemingly intractable crises. First there was the threat to the environmental survival; then there was the apparent shortage of energy: and now there is the unexpected decline of the economy. These are usually regarded as separate afflictions, each to be solved in its own terms: environmental degradation by pollution controls; the energy crisis by finding new sources of energy and new ways of conserving it; the economic crisis by manipulating prices, taxes, and interest rates. But each effort to solve one crisis seems to clash with the solution of the others—pollution control reduces energy supplies; energy conservation jobs. Inevitably, proponents of one solution become opponents of the others. Policy stagnates and remedial action is paralyzed, adding to the confusion and gloom that beset the country." So opens Barry Commoner's The Poverty of Power, the book in which America's great biologist and environmentalist addresses himself to the central question of our day. He concludes that "what confronts us is not a series of separate crises, but a single basic deficit—a fault that lies deep in the design of modern society. This book is an effort to unearth that fault, to trace its relation to the separate crises, and to consider what can be done to correct it at its root."
Author : Lawrence Rocks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Energy Crisis written by Lawrence Rocks and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the power shortage facing America in the next two decades and proposes an energy program designed to safeguard against the exhaustion of natural resources.
Author : J. Chevalier
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137021187
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)
Download or read book The New Energy Crisis written by J. Chevalier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global warming reveals that world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This updated second edition of The New Energy Crisis examines the impact of climate change on energy economics and geopolitics, exploring key issues such as energy poverty, renewable and nuclear energy, and focusing on the implications of the Fukushima crisis.
Author : Howard Gordon
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Perspectives on the Energy Crisis: Technical, regulatory, environmental, economic, prospective written by Howard Gordon and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 1977 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of studies and reports that supply a broad range of perspectives on the 1970s energy crisis.
Author : Hewitt Crane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199779759
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book A Cubic Mile of Oil written by Hewitt Crane and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-07-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world's current total annual consumption of crude oil. The world's total annual energy consumption - from all energy sources- is currently 3.0 CMO. By the middle of this century the world will need between 6 and 9 CMO of energy per year to provide for its citizens. Adequate energy is needed remove the scourge of poverty and provide food, clothing, and shelter for the people around the world, and more will be needed for measures to mitigate the potential effects of climate change such as building dikes and desalinating water. A Cubic Mile of Oil describes the various energy sources and how we use them, projects their future contributions, and delineates what it would take to develop them to annually produce a CMO from each of them. The requirement for additional energy in the future is so daunting that we will need to use all resources. We also examine how improved efficiency and conservation measures can reduce future demand substantially, and help distinguish approaches that make a significant impact as opposed to merely making us feel good. Use of CMO eliminates a multitude of units like tons of coal, gallons of oil, and cubic feet of gas; obviates the need for mind-numbing multipliers such as billions, trillions, and quadrillions; and replaces them with an easy-to-understand volumetric unit. It evokes a visceral response and allows experts, policy makers and the general public alike to form a mental picture of the magnitude of the challenge we face. In the absence of an appreciation of the scale of the problem, we risk squandering efforts and resources in pursuing options that will not meet tomorrow's global energy needs. We must make critical choices, and a common understandable language is essential for a sustained meaningful dialog.
Author : Peter Edward Hodgson
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1848164173
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Energy, the Environment and Climate Change written by Peter Edward Hodgson and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive account of all significant energy sources, evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety and effects on the environment. Non-renewable sources (for example, coal, oil, gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood, hydro, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal, and tidal; are considered. Also, nuclear radiations and the disposal of nuclear waste and the future of nuclear power are assessed, as well as pollution and acid rain, the greenhouse effects and climate change. Its social, political and moral problems are discussed, with a special mention of the opposition to nuclear power.
Author : Donald R. Kelley
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Energy Crisis and the Environment written by Donald R. Kelley and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1977 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Selected Readings on the Fuels and Energy Crisis written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Buchan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1405388021
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (53 download)
Download or read book The Rough Guide to the Energy Crisis written by David Buchan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate Change is forcing us to re-think our use of fossil fuels - the oil, coal, and gas that we have depended upon for generations. A rising global population means that there is an unprecedented level of demand on the world's energy resources. And there are still desperately poor areas of the world that remain unconnected to a national grid. The Rough Guide to the Energy Crisis examines these important issues, and explains the many challenges facing energy today, and explores possible solutions. KEY TOPICS INCLUDE: -Energy today: We take our energy for granted. But what do we use, and where does it come from? -Peak Oil: How long do we have before oil production peaks? Has it peaked already? -Renewables: Can wind turbines, solar panels, and wave and tidal power really keep the lights on? -Nuclear: How safe are the power plants? And can you be a pro-nuclear green? -Climate Change: Our energy use has environmental consequences. Are their technological answers? And can our lifestyles adapt? Keeping the planet safe while keeping the world moving is perhaps the most important challenge we currently face. The Rough Guide to the Energy Crisis examines the many sides of this problem, and how it could be approached, with erudition and accessibility.
Author : David Lewis Feldman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Energy Crisis written by David Lewis Feldman and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The energy crisis of 1973-1974 was a pivotal event in twentieth-century American history. In the wake of the Vietnam War, it exposed the nation's economic vulnerability to foreign powers and precipitated an awareness of limits to the exploitation of natural resources. Further, it forced Americans and the American government in particular to think about the future of energy production and consumption in novel waysand made such thinking more imperative than ever. Twenty years later, questions about the energy crisis persist. What were the underlying causes of the crisis? What did we learn from it? How has it affected our current energy policies? Will another energy crisis occur in our future? In The Energy Crisis, David Lewis Feldman brings together a wide range of energy policy experts to address these questions and explore the appropriate role of governments and markets in ensuring a stable, economical, and sustainable energy supply. The authors locate the energy crisis in its historical context and find that, contrary to popular opinion, the Arab oil embargo was not responsible for the energy crisis. Rather, they contend, the crisis was caused by a series of short-sighted policy decisions meant to bring Americans cheaper energy and a cleaner environment. The contributors to The Energy Crisis conclude that the crisis was resolved by a combination of market forces and government intervention, and they offer perspectives on the need to sustain long-term interest in public/private partnerships in the face of short-term political and economic demands.
Author : David E. Newton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)
Download or read book World Energy Crisis written by David E. Newton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a historical background for the world's current energy problems, describing how the Industrial Revolution has led us to the impending end of the "Age of Fossil Fuels," and describes possible solutions for averting a global crisis. World Energy Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough investigation of a controversial topic: our current global energy situation, and what actions should be taken to prevent a crippling fuel-supply catastrophe in the future. The book presents a historical background for current energy problems that discusses the supply and consumption of various forms of energy at different periods of history, covering the evolution of energy use in civilization beginning with human muscle power, the successive eras of mechanized industry and transportation, and our current dependence on fossil fuels. The author explains geopolitical factors regarding energy; details controversial new ways of extending the fossil fuel supply, including the exploitation of tar sands and oil shale as well as new technologies like hydraulic fracturing; and examines the various environmental concerns that are integral to extracting energy from natural resources—and the results of consuming them.
Author : Johnny Ch Lok
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (269 download)
Download or read book The Global Illness and Pollution Environment Brings written by Johnny Ch Lok and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is future household energy consumption trend? In general, household energy consumption includes, i.e. for lighting, cooking, heating etc. The household sector is responsible for about 15 to 25 percent of primary energy use for a higher share in many developing countries. Average per capita household energy use in developed countries is about nine time higher than in developing countries, even though in developing countries a large share of household energy is provided by non-commercial fuels are historical trends in per capita household energy consumption by these kinds of energy, i.e. fuel, coal, petroleum, natural gas and electricity etc. energy. Some scientists indicate Asia and South America have consequently lower energy efficiency. However, the major factors contributing to countries which lower and higher energy efficiency differences include, such as levels of urbanization, economic development and living standards. Other factors are country or region specific, such as climate or cultural practices. However, energy efficiency depends both in the types of fuel used and on the characteristics of particular appliances.Consequently, future trend of energy will be renewable, reused, cheap more efficient and productive secondary energy for human to use.⦁The reasons why water and solar energy users number will increaseIn our earth, we own much natural resource supply, some natural resource has shortage crisis, e.g. gas, coal, fuel etc. But, some natural resource which still have unlimited supply and we shall have enough energy supply to solve our energy shortage crisis if we can invent them to change to electricity or any power successfully, e.g. wind, solar, water natural resource.However, I believe that wind and water and solar nature resource will be another kind of potential energy supply to solve our energy shortage crisis. I shall indicate the reasons as below: First, on wind nature energy supply aspect, human can apply wind power to change to be electricity energy. So, I recommend human can seek any places which can have much wind natural resource to attempt to produce wind energy. For New Zealand country, Auckland and Wellington cities which own much wind natural resource power. Hence, this countries are suitable to invent any wind electricity manufacturing factories to manufacture wind electricity to solve our electricity shortage crisis.Second, on water natural energy supply aspect, New Zealand is one country which own clean water place. It's water can even to be driven and it does not need to heat to supply to us to drink fresh water. So, New Zealand own much clean water supply, we can attempt to use this country extra water natural resource to manufacture water electricity when New Zealand has many water manufacturing factories, then we shall have much water electricity to prepare our future use.Third, on solar natural energy supply aspect, our sun will have unlimited natural heat supply. Hence, solar natural resource will be our future one kind of energy supply source. I shall recommend Africa country will be one good location choice to build solar factories because Africa is one hot and much sun natural resource country. Hence, if scientists can attempt to build solar power factories to manufacture solar energy. Then, we shall have one country which can concentrate on manufacturing solar energy to supply to us to use.
Author : United States. National Energy Policy Development Group
Publisher : Group Publishing (Company)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Reliable, Affordable, and Environmentally Sound Energy for America's Future written by United States. National Energy Policy Development Group and published by Group Publishing (Company). This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
