Changing Energy : The Transition to a Sustainable Future / / John H. Perkins |
Autore | Perkins John H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.79/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Energy consumption
Renewable energy sources Fossil fuels |
Soggetto non controllato |
big four fuels
biofuels climate change coal depletion of resources energy economies energy economy energy efficiency energy use and depletion energy fossil fuels gas geopolitical tensions health and environmental effects of energy human energy needs nuclear power oil post fossil fuel economy power resources power primary fuels renewable energy renewable resources renewable sources sustainable energy uranium |
ISBN | 0-520-96284-2 |
Classificazione | RB 10699 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World -- 2. Energy and Energy Services -- 3. Energy and the Modern Nation-State -- 4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency -- 5. Energy Systems -- 6. Climate Change -- 7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion -- 8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability -- 10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources -- 11. Barriers and Challenges -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and Power -- Appendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and Fission -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794757403321 |
Perkins John H. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Changing Energy : The Transition to a Sustainable Future / / John H. Perkins |
Autore | Perkins John H. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.79/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Energy consumption
Renewable energy sources Fossil fuels |
Soggetto non controllato |
big four fuels
biofuels climate change coal depletion of resources energy economies energy economy energy efficiency energy use and depletion energy fossil fuels gas geopolitical tensions health and environmental effects of energy human energy needs nuclear power oil post fossil fuel economy power resources power primary fuels renewable energy renewable resources renewable sources sustainable energy uranium |
ISBN | 0-520-96284-2 |
Classificazione | RB 10699 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World -- 2. Energy and Energy Services -- 3. Energy and the Modern Nation-State -- 4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency -- 5. Energy Systems -- 6. Climate Change -- 7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion -- 8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -- 9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability -- 10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources -- 11. Barriers and Challenges -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and Power -- Appendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and Fission -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826779003321 |
Perkins John H. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2017] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Power to the people : energy in Europe over the last five centuries / / Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima, Paul Warde |
Autore | Kander Astrid |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79094 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MalanimaPaolo
WardePaul |
Collana | The Princeton economic history of the Western world |
Soggetto topico | Power resources - Europe - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Europe
European economy GDP Industrial Age agriculture capital carbon dioxide emissions climate change climate coal development blocks economic development economic efficiency economic growth economic structure electricity generation electricity energy consumption energy demand energy economy energy efficiency energy expansion energy intensity energy productivity energy regime energy sources energy supply energy transitions energy food consumption fossil fuels fuels heavy industry industrial growth industrial revolution information technology innovation internal combustion engine iron labor land macro-innovation market suction market widening metallurgy non-organic energy sources nuclear energy oil organic economy organic energy sources peak oil peat pollution population power renewable energy steam engine steam power technology thermodynamic efficiency transport urbanization |
ISBN |
0-691-16822-9
1-4008-4888-1 |
Classificazione | ZP 3050 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Pre-industrial economies -- pt. 2. The first industrial revolution -- pt. 3. The second and third industrial revolutions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790855003321 |
Kander Astrid | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Power to the people : energy in Europe over the last five centuries / / Astrid Kander, Paolo Malanima, Paul Warde |
Autore | Kander Astrid |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (473 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.79094 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MalanimaPaolo
WardePaul |
Collana | The Princeton economic history of the Western world |
Soggetto topico | Power resources - Europe - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
Europe
European economy GDP Industrial Age agriculture capital carbon dioxide emissions climate change climate coal development blocks economic development economic efficiency economic growth economic structure electricity generation electricity energy consumption energy demand energy economy energy efficiency energy expansion energy intensity energy productivity energy regime energy sources energy supply energy transitions energy food consumption fossil fuels fuels heavy industry industrial growth industrial revolution information technology innovation internal combustion engine iron labor land macro-innovation market suction market widening metallurgy non-organic energy sources nuclear energy oil organic economy organic energy sources peak oil peat pollution population power renewable energy steam engine steam power technology thermodynamic efficiency transport urbanization |
ISBN |
0-691-16822-9
1-4008-4888-1 |
Classificazione | ZP 3050 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Pre-industrial economies -- pt. 2. The first industrial revolution -- pt. 3. The second and third industrial revolutions. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819931103321 |
Kander Astrid | ||
Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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