Energy revolution : the physics and the promise of efficient technology / Mara Prentiss.

By:

Prentiss, Mara Goff

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: eng Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015Description: viii, 341 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780674725027 (alk. paper)
0674725026

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.793/2 23

LOC classification:

TJ 163.2 P927e 2015

Contents:

Introduction: U.S. energy use : Past, present, and future -- Overview of renewable energy -- Electric power for a renewable future -- Electricity from water -- Electricity from wind -- Electricity from the sun -- Combining renewable energy sources -- Distributing electricity -- Conserving energy -- Storing energy -- Consequences of consuming energy -- Conclusion: A renewable future -- Appendix A: Carnot efficiency -- Appendix B: Electricity from heat -- Appendix C: Recommended steps toward a renewable future.

Summary: "Energy can be neither created nor destroyed -- but it can be wasted. The United States wastes two-thirds of its energy, including 80 percent of the energy used in transportation. So the nation has a tremendous opportunity to develop a sensible energy policy based on benefits and costs. But to do that we need facts -- not hyperbole, not wishful thinking. Mara Prentiss presents and interprets political and technical

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	TJ 163.2 P927e 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000140041

Includes and index.

Introduction: U.S. energy use : Past, present, and future --
Overview of renewable energy --
Electric power for a renewable future --
Electricity from water --
Electricity from wind --
Electricity from the sun --
Combining renewable energy sources --
Distributing electricity --
Conserving energy --
Storing energy --
Consequences of consuming energy --
Conclusion: A renewable future --
Appendix A: Carnot efficiency --
Appendix B: Electricity from heat --
Appendix C: Recommended steps toward a renewable future.

"Energy can be neither created nor destroyed -- but it can be wasted. The United States wastes two-thirds of its energy, including 80 percent of the energy used in transportation. So the nation has a tremendous opportunity to develop a sensible energy policy based on benefits and costs. But to do that we need facts -- not hyperbole, not wishful thinking. Mara Prentiss presents and interprets political and technical

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