Changing Energy : The Transition to a Sustainable Future / John H. Perkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perkins, John H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy consumption.

Renewable energy sources.

Fossil fuels.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Changing Energy outlines how humanity established the current energy economy through three previous transitions, and how we now stand poised for a necessary fourth transition. Human societies around the globe have received immense benefits from uses of coal, oil, gas, and uranium sources, yet we must now rebuild our energy economies to rely on renewable sources and use them efficiently. The imperative for a fourth energy transition comes from dangers related to climate change, geopolitical tensions, documented health and environmental effects, and long-term depletion of today's sources. John H. Perkins argues that a future in which current levels of energy service benefits are sustained can come only from investments in the technologies needed to bring about a fourth energy transition. Changing Energy envisions a viable post-fossil fuel economy and identifies the barriers to be overcome.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Prologue

1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World

2. Energy and Energy Services

3. Energy and the Modern Nation-State

4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency

5. Energy Systems

6. Climate Change

7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion

8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability

10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources

11. Barriers and Challenges

Epilogue

Appendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and Power

Appendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and Fission

Notes

Glossary

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780520962842

0520962842

OCLC:

970641858