The Truth about Energy : Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction and the Transition to Renewables / John K White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, John K. (John Kingston), 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Power resources--History.

Power resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 702 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This book explains the science and engineering of energy to help everyone understand and compare current and future advances in renewable energy, providing the context to critically examine the different technologies that are competing in a fast-evolving engineering, political, and economic landscape, to help drive the renewable energy transition"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Wood to coal : a short history of the industrial revolution

Oil and gas : twentieth-century prosperity

The nuclear world : atoms for peace

Old to new : the sun and all its glory

The old becomes new again : more sustainable energy

Driving the revolution revolution : from Volta to Tesla and back

Rethink, rebuild, rewire

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Feb 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009433167

1009433164

9781009433174

1009433172

9781009433181

1009433180