Energy, Earth, and Everyone
Author | : Medard Gabel |
Publisher | : Anchor Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Medard Gabel |
Publisher | : Anchor Books |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Nature |
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Author | : Edward Teller |
Publisher | : W.H. Freeman |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Power resources |
ISBN | : |
Based on lectures given by the author during 1975 for the Harvey Prize Lectures at Technion, Haifa, Israel; the Distinguished Visiting Lectures of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, State University of New York at Buffalo; and a lecture delivered at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Ecology |
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Author | : Miriam Horn |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2009-03-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780393068108 |
How to harness the great forces of capitalism to save the world from catastrophe. The forecasts are grim and time is running out, but that’s not the end of the story. In this book, Fred Krupp, longtime president of Environmental Defense Fund, brings a surprisingly hopeful message: We can solve global warming. And in doing so, we will build the new industries, jobs, and fortunes of the twenty-first century.In these pages the reader will encounter the bold innovators and investors who are reinventing energy and the ways we use it. These entrepreneurs are poised to remake the world’s biggest business and save the planet—if America’s political leaders give them a fair chance to compete.
Author | : Vaclav Smil |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2018-11-13 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0262536161 |
A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to turn energy into heat, light, and motion have been a driving force behind our cultural and economic progress over the past 10,000 years. —Bill Gates, Gates Notes, Best Books of the Year Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomass. Humans have come to rely on many more energy flows—ranging from fossil fuels to photovoltaic generation of electricity—for their civilized existence. In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. Humans are the only species that can systematically harness energies outside their bodies, using the power of their intellect and an enormous variety of artifacts—from the simplest tools to internal combustion engines and nuclear reactors. The epochal transition to fossil fuels affected everything: agriculture, industry, transportation, weapons, communication, economics, urbanization, quality of life, politics, and the environment. Smil describes humanity's energy eras in panoramic and interdisciplinary fashion, offering readers a magisterial overview. This book is an extensively updated and expanded version of Smil's Energy in World History (1994). Smil has incorporated an enormous amount of new material, reflecting the dramatic developments in energy studies over the last two decades and his own research over that time.
Author | : Elsie Olson |
Publisher | : Sandcastle |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-08 |
Genre | : Clean energy |
ISBN | : 9781532115578 |
Explains how humans have used water as a power source in the past, and how we are working to expand that capacity.
Author | : Mark Z. Jacobson |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2020-10 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1108479804 |
Textbook on the science and methods behind a global transition to 100% clean, renewable energy for science, engineering, and social science students.
Author | : Saul Griffith |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0262046237 |
An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything. Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now—but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith’s plan can be summed up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households to make this possible. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future. Griffith, an engineer and inventor, calls for grid neutrality, ensuring that households, businesses, and utilities operate as equals; we will have to rewrite regulations that were created for a fossil-fueled world, mobilize industry as we did in World War II, and offer low-interest “climate loans.” Griffith’s plan doesn’t rely on big, not-yet-invented innovations, but on thousands of little inventions and cost reductions. We can still have our cars and our houses—but the cars will be electric and solar panels will cover our roofs. For a world trying to bounce back from a pandemic and economic crisis, there is no other project that would create as many jobs—up to twenty-five million, according to one economic analysis. Is this politically possible? We can change politics along with everything else.
Author | : Nicola Armaroli |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2012-11-28 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3527667415 |
In their book Nicola Armaroli, Vincenzo Balzani and Nick Serpone uncover the background details associated with a transition to sustainable energy production that are routinely swept under the table in public discussions. They are not only concerned with the (alleged) advantages and disadvantages of any one energy generation technology from a technical viewpoint, but also with the ecological, economic, political and social consequences of an inevitable transition. In a highly readable manner aimed at an international audience, the authors introduce the often misused and sometimes abused term 'energy' and give a lucid account of the development of energy production from timber to nuclear energy and renewable energies. They compare various energy generation methods with respect to their efficiency and practicability for large-scale implementation and examine if, and how, these methods live up to the expectations and promises their proponents make. In addition, the authors juxtapose the political and economic prerequisites in different regions of the world that advance, or hinder, an energy turnaround. They round off their book by debunking the seventeen most popular myths often cited in discussions on energy issues. As a result, the authors provide ammunition for debate, underpin (and unsettle) opinions using facts, and challenge comfortable and popular chains of reasoning.
Author | : David Cowan |
Publisher | : Adventures Unlimited Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9781931882156 |
This exploration shows how natural forces affect our behavior, how they can be used to enhance our health and well being, and ultimately, how they bring us closer to penetrating one of the deepest mysteries being explored.