Introduction to Energy: Resources, Technology, and Society
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 3, 7/6/2017
EAN 9781107605046, ISBN10: 1107605040
Paperback, 410 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm
Language: English
Given the potential disruption of climate change, understanding energy issues and technologies is more important than ever if societies are to make informed choices on policy. Now in its third edition, Introduction to Energy explores the crucial issues connected to modern energy technology and its uses. Fully updated to respond to the substantial developments in the energy sector, the book expands on the relationships of energy use and climate change; of energy availability and the alleviation of world poverty; and of energy consumption and the sustainability of the lifestyles of people in the industrialized world. Directed at a broad readership, it assumes no prior technical expertise and avoids complex mathematical formulations, continuing to provide a standard for introductory energy courses. It is also a useful supplementary text for programs in public policy, business law and resource economics.
Preface
Part I. Energy Resources and Technology
1. Introduction
2. Energy resources
3. Conventional conversion of energy
4. The demand for energy
5. Global perspectives
Part II. Power Generation
The Technology and its Effects
6. Fossil fuels
impacts and technology
7. Nuclear fission technology
8. The nuclear fuel cycle, weapons proliferation and nuclear power
the next generation
9. The economics of electric power
Part III. Energy Technology and the Future
10. Alternative technologies
11. Energy transition
Appendix A. Scientific principles
Appendix B. Establishing criteria for safety and health standards
Appendix C. Synopses of new technologies
Index.