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The Energy Reader

Author : Laura Nader
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405199830
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Energy Reader written by Laura Nader and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Energy Reader presents a series of readings that examine the energy problem from an anthropological perspective and look at energy holistically, including social and cultural components and long term implications for global and social environmental change. Brings a unique critical approach to the problem of energy and its complexity Presents the topic as both a human and a technological problem, differentiating long-term perspectives from short term fixes Includes coverage of the politics of energy, the protection of future generations, the avoidance of dangerous waste products, efficiency, resilience, and democratic relevance Features selections drawn from the work of physicists, economists, business experts, engineers, journalists, historians, and entrepreneurs

The Energy System

Author : Travis Bradford
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262345013
Total Pages : 1211 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Energy System written by Travis Bradford and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 1211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive textbook that integrates tools from technology, economics, markets, and policy to approach energy issues using a dynamic systems and capital-centric perspective. The global energy system is the vital foundation of modern human industrial society. Traditionally studied through separate disciplines of engineering, economics, environment, or public policy, this system can be fully understood only by using an approach that integrates these tools. This textbook is the first to take a dynamic systems perspective on understanding energy systems, tracking energy from primary resource to final energy services through a long and capital-intensive supply chain bounded by both macroeconomic and natural resource systems. The book begins with a framework for understanding how energy is transformed as it moves through the system with the aid of various types of capital, its movement influenced by a combination of the technical, market, and policy conditions at the time. It then examines the three primary energy subsystems of electricity, transportation, and thermal energy, explaining such relevant topics as systems thinking, cost estimation, capital formation, market design, and policy tools. Finally, the book reintegrates these subsystems and looks at their relation to the economic system and the ecosystem that they inhabit. Practitioners and theorists from any field will benefit from a deeper understanding of both existing dynamic energy system processes and potential tools for intervention.

Energy

Author : Richard Rhodes
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501105361
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Energy written by Richard Rhodes and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “meticulously researched” (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable energy—from Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. “Entertaining and informative…a powerful look at the importance of science” (NPR.org), Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford. In his “magisterial history…a tour de force of popular science” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Rhodes shows how breakthroughs in energy production occurred; from animal and waterpower to the steam engine, from internal-combustion to the electric motor. He looks at the current energy landscape, with a focus on how wind energy is competing for dominance with cast supplies of coal and natural gas. He also addresses the specter of global warming, and a population hurtling towards ten billion by 2100. Human beings have confronted the problem of how to draw energy from raw material since the beginning of time. Each invention, each discovery, each adaptation brought further challenges, and through such transformations, we arrived at where we are today. “A beautifully written, often inspiring saga of ingenuity and progress…Energy brings facts, context, and clarity to a key, often contentious subject” (Booklist, starred review).

Energy and Civilization

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262536161
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Energy and Civilization written by Vaclav Smil and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress over the past 10,000 years. —Bill Gates, Gates Notes, Best Books of the Year Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows—ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity—for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts—from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.

Easy energy reader

Author : Information Planning Associates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Easy energy reader written by Information Planning Associates and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Powering Civilization

Author : James Ridgeway
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 9780394514710
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Powering Civilization written by James Ridgeway and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1982 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Renewable Energy Reader

Author : K. K. DuVivier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594608735
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book The Renewable Energy Reader written by K. K. DuVivier and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Renewable Energy Reader is a concise, reader-friendly sourcebook for U.S. renewable energy law. Each chapter provides historical background as well as illustrations and technology charts to give readers context for better understanding renewable energy sources and related legal issues. Each chapter also includes closely-edited excerpts from some of the most prominent primary and secondary legal sources--articles, cases, statutes, and regulations--highlighting current and potential legal challenges to the advancement of renewable resources. This book provides an accessible reference for lawyers, law students, policy-makers, and the general public, providing an overview of the significant legal implications of renewable energy development. The Renewable Energy Reader is unique because it is the only textbook designed specifically for a two or three hour Renewable Energy Law course or as a robust renewable energy supplement for more traditional energy law texts that cover conventional sources. In addition to focus questions for class discussion, the reader and the accompanying Teacher's Manual include several hands-on Carnegie Integrated Skills exercises to enhance practitioner skills and student learning and to deepen appreciation for the topic areas.

Energy

Author : Tom Butler
Publisher : Watershed Media
ISBN 13 : 9780970950086
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Energy written by Tom Butler and published by Watershed Media. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With large-format color photography, ENERGY features the writings of more than thirty leading thinkers on energy, society, and ecology. Collectively, they illuminate the true costs, benefits, and limitations of all our energy options. Ultimately, the book offers not only a deep critique of the current system -- which is toxic to nature and people -- but also a hopeful vision for a new energy economy that fosters beauty and health, emphasizes community-scale generation, and supports durable economies, not incessant growth.

The Tea Leaf Reader

Author : Sarita Gupta
Publisher : BookRix
ISBN 13 : 3748707045
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (487 download)

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Download or read book The Tea Leaf Reader written by Sarita Gupta and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientific journey into life, matter and space, this book answers questions about why we exist, who we are, if life exists outside Earth, the universe, and other truth on life and cosmology. This is a one of a kind book on Metaphysics explaining the paranormal as well as life problems with a scientific approach. The star-wars aren't all lies, and a handful of us do end up interacting with star people, especially at times of war. Earth is governed by star people and they do affect our lives in invisible ways that result in visible changes in our bodies and in the climate, the roots of which, we haven't yet correlated to the goodness and the havoc brought down from the stars. The author draws our attention to some of the burning problems affecting us, along with some suggested remedies to minimize negativity and bring positivity into our lives and on this planet. The book also talks about alternative methods of healing and shares some of the good and the bad about them. We experience our spiritual selves and the invisible realms of Earth more than we know in our cognitive reality or waking consciousness. REVIEWS" Sarita Gupta, in The Tea Leaf Reader: Earth is Ruled by Star People, seeks to bring to her readers the experiences she has been having since 2014 as a clairvoyant. After her powers awakened in 2014, she has been able to communicate with the Star People or Star Aliens as they are also known as. In this manuscript, Gupta seeks to bring a self-help book style novel to the attention of the general population who seek to know why the Earth is experiencing unprecedented events." - Aurora House, Sydney, Australia. "The book talks about new facts about Physics and extraterrestrials influence upon our lives." - Wook, Port, Portugal.

Energy and Society

Author : Gavin Bridge
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351019007
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Energy and Society written by Gavin Bridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy and Society is the first major text to provide an extensive critical treatment of energy issues informed by recent research on energy in the social sciences. Written in an engaging and accessible style it draws new thinking on uneven development, consumption, vulnerability and transition together to illustrate the social significance of energy systems in the global North and South. The book features case studies, examples, discussion questions, activities, recommended reading and more, to facilitate its use in teaching. Energy and Society deploys contemporary geographical concepts and approaches but is not narrowly disciplinary. Its critical perspective highlights connections between energy and significant socio-economic and political processes, such as globalisation, urban isation, international development and social justice, and connects important issues that are often treated in isolation, such as resource availability, energy security, energy access and low-carbon transition. Co-authored by leading researchers and based on current research and thinking in the social sciences, Energy and Society presents a distinctive geographical approach to contemporary energy issues. It is an essential resource for upperlevel undergraduates and Master’s students in geography, environmental studies, urban studies, energy studies and related fields.

Energy at the Crossroads

Author : Vaclav Smil
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026230368X
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Energy at the Crossroads written by Vaclav Smil and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2005-02-11 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An objective, comprehensive, and accessible examination of today's most crucial problem: preserving the environment in the face of society's insatiable demand for energy. In Energy at the Crossroads, Vaclav Smil considers the twenty-first century's crucial question: how to reconcile the modern world's unceasing demand for energy with the absolute necessity to preserve the integrity of the biosphere. With this book he offers a comprehensive, accessible guide to today's complex energy issues—how to think clearly and logically about what is possible and what is desirable in our energy future. After a century of unprecedented production growth, technical innovation, and expanded consumption, the world faces a number of critical energy challenges arising from unequal resource distribution, changing demand patterns, and environmental limitations. The fundamental message of Energy at the Crossroads is that our dependence on fossil fuels must be reduced not because of any imminent resource shortages but because the widespread burning of oil, coal, and natural gas damages the biosphere and presents increasing economic and security problems as the world relies on more expensive supplies and Middle Eastern crude oil. Smil begins with an overview of the twentieth century's long-term trends and achievements in energy production. He then discusses energy prices, the real cost of energy, and "energy linkages"—the effect energy issues have on the economy, on quality of life, on the environment, and in wartime. He discusses the pitfalls of forecasting, giving many examples of failed predictions and showing that unexpected events can disprove complex models. And he examines the pros and cons not only of fossil fuels but also of alternative fuels such as hydroenergy, biomass energy, wind power, and solar power. Finally, he considers the future, focusing on what really matters, what works, what is realistic, and which outcomes are most desirable.

Revolutionary Power

Author : Shalanda Baker
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1642830674
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Revolutionary Power written by Shalanda Baker and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 2017, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, completely upending the energy grid of the small island. The nearly year-long power outage that followed vividly shows how the new climate reality intersects with race and access to energy. The island is home to brown and black US citizens who lack the political power of those living in the continental US. As the world continues to warm and storms like Maria become more commonplace, it is critical that we rethink our current energy system to enable reliable, locally produced, and locally controlled energy without replicating the current structures of power and control. In Revolutionary Power, Shalanda Baker arms those made most vulnerable by our current energy system with the tools they need to remake the system in the service of their humanity. She argues that people of color, poor people, and indigenous people must engage in the creation of the new energy system in order to upend the unequal power dynamics of the current system. Revolutionary Power is a playbook for the energy transformation complete with a step-by-step analysis of the key energy policy areas that are ripe for intervention. Baker tells the stories of those who have been left behind in our current system and those who are working to be architects of a more just system. She draws from her experience as an energy-justice advocate, a lawyer, and a queer woman of color to inspire activists working to build our new energy system. Climate change will force us to rethink the way we generate and distribute energy and regulate the system. But how much are we willing to change the system? This unique moment in history provides an unprecedented opening for a deeper transformation of the energy system, and thus, an opportunity to transform society. Revolutionary Power shows us how.

The New Map

Author : Daniel Yergin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698191056
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The New Map written by Daniel Yergin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society “A master class on how the world works.” —NPR Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future The world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of nations in a time of global crisis. Out of this tumult is emerging a new map of energy and geopolitics. The “shale revolution” in oil and gas has transformed the American economy, ending the “era of shortage” but introducing a turbulent new era. Almost overnight, the United States has become the world's number one energy powerhouse. Yet concern about energy's role in climate change is challenging the global economy and way of life, accelerating a second energy revolution in the search for a low-carbon future. All of this has been made starker and more urgent by the coronavirus pandemic and the economic dark age that it has wrought. World politics is being upended, as a new cold war develops between the United States and China, and the rivalry grows more dangerous with Russia, which is pivoting east toward Beijing. Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are converging both on energy and on challenging American leadership, as China projects its power and influence in all directions. The South China Sea, claimed by China and the world's most critical trade route, could become the arena where the United States and China directly collide. The map of the Middle East, which was laid down after World War I, is being challenged by jihadists, revolutionary Iran, ethnic and religious clashes, and restive populations. But the region has also been shocked by the two recent oil price collapses--and by the very question of oil's future in the rest of this century. A master storyteller and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin takes the reader on an utterly riveting and timely journey across the world's new map. He illuminates the great energy and geopolitical questions in an era of rising political turbulence and points to the profound challenges that lie ahead.

The Reader

Author : Traci Chee
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0147518059
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Reader written by Traci Chee and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant New York Times Bestseller, this is a stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of. Perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and Bone Finalist for the Kirkus Prize and nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award! Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been taken, or if she’s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book—a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed—and punish the people responsible. "I was spellbound from the first page. An utterly transportive tale of swashbucklers and sharpshooters, masterfully written."—Renée Ahdieh, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn "Traci Chee's The Reader Could Be The Next Big YA Fantasy Series"—Bustle.com

The Good Energy Book

Author : Tess Whitehurst
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738730041
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Good Energy Book written by Tess Whitehurst and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2012-01-08 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a fountain of good energy in every area of your life! In this gem of a book, Tess Whitehurst offers sparkling advice for creating, maintaining, and sharing positive energy. Using this holistic and easy-to-follow system, you'll discover how to keep your energy positive and traverse any place, situation, or challenge with confidence, clarity, and grace. The fun and effective techniques in this book draw from both the physical and energetic realms. You'll learn how to: Keep your energy clear and positive Manifest the conditions you desire Maintain good health habits Establish a regular meditation practice Fine-tune your intuition Create sacred space in your home Live fearlessly and confidently Energetically protect yourself Praise: "Tess Whitehurst presents personally empowering, eminently practical, and refreshingly accessible techniques for creating an environment that feeds and uplifts your soul. She teaches how to harness the law of attraction to manifest the life you want."—Jhenah Telyndru, author of Avalon Within.

Appalachian People's Energy Reader

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book Appalachian People's Energy Reader written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

E-Squared

Author : Pam Grout
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401976379
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book E-Squared written by Pam Grout and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the 10th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestseller, a new release complete with a brand-new Manifesting Scavenger Hunt. E-Squared could best be described as a lab manual with simple experiments to prove once and for all that reality is malleable, that consciousness trumps matter, and that you shape your life with your mind. Rather than take it on faith, you are invited to conduct nine 48-hour experiments to prove there really is a positive, loving, totally hip force in the universe. Yes, you read that right. It says prove. The experiments, each of which can be conducted with absolutely no money and very little time expenditure, demonstrate that spiritual principles are as dependable as gravity, as consistent as Newton’s laws of motion. For years, you’ve been hoping and praying that spiritual principles are true. E-Squared lets you know it for sure. NEW in this edition: A note from Pam Grout on the 10th anniversary of E-Squared, plus a brand-new Manifesting Scavenger Hunt with even more opportunities to prove your manifesting mojo. "I absolutely love this book. Pam has combined a writing style as funny as Ellen DeGeneres with a wisdom as deep and profound as Deepak Chopra's to deliver a powerful message and a set of experiments that will prove to you beyond a doubt that our thoughts really do create our reality." — Jack Canfield, co-creator of the New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series