Energy and electricity in industrial nations : the sociology and technology of energy / Allan Mazur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazur, Allan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy consumption--Social aspects--United States.

Energy consumption.

Power resources--Social aspects--United States.

Power resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate. In this book, Allan Mazur, an engineer and a sociologist, explains energy technologies for nontechnical readers and analyses the sociology of energy. The book gives an overview of energy policy in industrialised countries including analysis of climat

Contents:

pt. I. The big picture

pt. II. Energy sources and consumption : using more, and more, and more ...

pt. III. Electric power

pt. IV. Energy controversies

pt. V. Progress and regress.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-20739-2

0-203-09448-4

1-299-48103-5

1-136-20740-6

9780203094488

OCLC:

840478152