Energy revolution : the physics and the promise of efficient technology /
Prentiss, Mara Goff
Energy revolution : the physics and the promise of efficient technology / Mara Prentiss. - viii, 341 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
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
9780674725027 (alk. paper) 0674725026
2014020397
Recursos energéticos
Consumo de energía
Conservación de energía
TJ 163.2 / P927e 2015
333.793/2
Energy revolution : the physics and the promise of efficient technology / Mara Prentiss. - viii, 341 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm
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
9780674725027 (alk. paper) 0674725026
2014020397
Recursos energéticos
Consumo de energía
Conservación de energía
TJ 163.2 / P927e 2015
333.793/2