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Energy systems and sustainability : power for a sustainable future / edited by Bob Everett ... [and others].
LIBRA TJ808 .E59 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renewable energy sources.
- Power resources--Environmental aspects.
- Power resources.
- Energy policy.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 654 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, in association with the Open University, 2012.
- Contents:
- 1 Introducing energy systems and sustainability
- 2 Primary energy
- 3 What do we use energy for?
- 4 Forms of energy
- 5 Coal
- 6 Heat to motive power
- 7 Oil and gas
- 8 Oil and gas engines
- 9 Electricity
- 10 Nuclear power
- 11 The future of nuclear power
- 12 Costing energy
- 13 Penalties: assessing the environmental and health impacts of energy use
- 14 Remedies : towards a sustainable energy future
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199593743
- 0199593744
- OCLC:
- 777814981
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