02915nam 2200553 450 991080824330332120230126211052.01-60650-265-410.5643/9781606502655(CKB)3710000000531143(OCoLC)939718582(CaBNvSL)swl00406000(Au-PeEL)EBL4389013(CaPaEBR)ebr11152400(CaONFJC)MIL877448(OCoLC)939262269(MiAaPQ)EBC4389013(EXLCZ)99371000000053114320190124d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierValuing energy for global needs a systems approach /Daniel M. Martínez and Ben W. EbenhackNew York, NY :Momentum Press Engineering,2016.1 online resource (xii, 207 pages) illustrationsEnvironmental engineering collection1-60650-263-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Energy's role and value -- 2. The value of energy resources -- 3. Value added and lost in energy services -- 4. Economic energy value -- 5. Resources and environmental costs -- 6. Social impacts -- 7. Framework for a new value metric -- Index.This book serves as a starting point for energy engineers, sustainability managers, political leaders, and properly informed citizens to explore the net value added by energy systems. Since some resources deplete and some new technologies will require time to emerge, the book takes the reader through the range of costs and benefits, considering the contexts of geography, human needs, and of time. The book takes a particularly close look at the underdeveloped world that currently lacks access to modern energy, and which is crippled by its dependence on dirty, inefficient biomass fuels to meet bare subsistence needs. The authors provide evidence for the reality that energy provides tremendous social value, ranging from the most basic survival to development, to great luxury, inevitably, at a cost. Based on this evidence the reader will be well-equipped to ask the questions: Which energy resources should be abandoned and which should be embraced as we strive for a sustainable future?Environmental engineering collection.Energy conservationPower resourcesSustainable developmentEnergy conservation.Power resources.Sustainable development.333.79Martínez Daniel M.1976-1695224Ebenhack Ben W.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808243303321Valuing energy for global needs4074312UNINA