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

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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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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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