Author: Richard A. Simmons
Publisher: Purdue University Press
ISBN: 1612493106
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
We are facing a global energy crisis caused by world population growth, an escalating increase in demand, and continued dependence on fossil-based fuels for generation. It is widely accepted that increases in greenhouse gas concentration levels, if not reversed, will result in major changes to world climate with consequential effects on our society and economy. This is just the kind of intractable problem that Purdue University's Global Policy Research Institute seeks to address in the Purdue Studies in Public Policy series by promoting the engagement between policy makers and experts in fields such as engineering and technology. Major steps forward in the development and use of technology are required. In order to achieve solutions of the required scale and magnitude within a limited timeline, it is essential that engineers be not only technologically-adept but also aware of the wider social and political issues that policy-makers face. Likewise, it is also imperative that policy makers liaise closely with the academic community in order to realize advances. This book is designed to bridge the gap between these two groups, with a particular emphasis on educating the socially-conscious engineers and technologists of the future. In this accessibly-written volume, central issues in global energy are discussed through interdisciplinary dialogue between experts from both North America and Europe. The first section provides an overview of the nature of the global energy crisis approached from historical, political, and sociocultural perspectives. In the second section, expert contributors outline the technology and policy issues facing the development of major conventional and renewable energy sources. The third and final section explores policy and technology challenges and opportunities in the distribution and consumption of energy, in sectors such as transportation and the built environment. The book's epilogue suggests some future scenarios in energy distribution and use.
Understanding the Global Energy Crisis
Energy crisis in perspective
Author: John C. Fisher
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Energy Crisis
Author: Kenneth James McDonald
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Languages : en
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Perspectives on the Energy Crisis: Technical, regulatory, environmental, economic, prospective
Author: Howard Gordon
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
A collection of studies and reports that supply a broad range of perspectives on the 1970s energy crisis.
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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A collection of studies and reports that supply a broad range of perspectives on the 1970s energy crisis.
Climate Change And The Energy Problem: Physical Science And Economics Perspective (Second Edition)
Author: David L Goodstein
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN: 9813208368
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
This important compendium deals with the primary world problems of global warming and the coming energy crisis. In alternating chapters, it lays out the nature of the two interrelated problems, and specifies the various economic considerations. Thus, it describes the coming shortfall of fossil fuel energy in detail and then presents the economic factors governing possible solutions.Written by two world renowned academics — a physicist who writes about the nature of the problem, and an economist who discusses various scenarios and solutions, this unique must-have book highlights the problem from the point of view of a scientist and an economist.
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
ISBN: 9813208368
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
This important compendium deals with the primary world problems of global warming and the coming energy crisis. In alternating chapters, it lays out the nature of the two interrelated problems, and specifies the various economic considerations. Thus, it describes the coming shortfall of fossil fuel energy in detail and then presents the economic factors governing possible solutions.Written by two world renowned academics — a physicist who writes about the nature of the problem, and an economist who discusses various scenarios and solutions, this unique must-have book highlights the problem from the point of view of a scientist and an economist.
The Final Energy Crisis
Author: Sheila Newman
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this comprehensive survey of resource depletion.
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Thoroughly revised and updated edition of this comprehensive survey of resource depletion.
Perspectives on the Energy Crisis
Author: Howard Gordon
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Languages : en
Pages : 515
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Pages : 515
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Perspectives on the Energy Crisis
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
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Energy Crises in Perspective
Author: John Crocker Fisher
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Monograph on the world energy situation and future prospects, with particular reference to implications for the USA - discusses energy sources, fuel supplys, environmental and political aspects, new technologys, utilization efficiency, world progress in electrification, cost comparison of electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear energy and solar energy, price trends, etc. References and statistical tables.
Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Monograph on the world energy situation and future prospects, with particular reference to implications for the USA - discusses energy sources, fuel supplys, environmental and political aspects, new technologys, utilization efficiency, world progress in electrification, cost comparison of electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear energy and solar energy, price trends, etc. References and statistical tables.
The Energy Crisis in Historical Perspective
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Pages : 36
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Pages : 36
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