Call number:
PIK P 113-12-0176
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: 1 Energy Systems: Their Basic Properties ; Resources and Prime Movers ; Conversions and Uses ; Infrastructures and Impacts ; Energy Transitions ; 2 Global Transitions: Universal Patterns ; Grand Fuel Sequence: From Biomass to Coal and Hydrocarbons ; A New Quality: Generation of Electricity ; History of Prime Movers: From Muscles to Machines ; Quantifying the Transitions: Uncertainties and Trends ; 3 National Transitions: Commonalities and Particularities ;European Experience: Britain, France, and the Netherlands ; U.S. Transitions: The Consuming Superpower ; Japan and China: The Asian Leaders ; New Energy Superpowers: Russia and Saudi Arabia ; 4 Coming Transitions: Expectations and Realities ; Renewable Energies: Resources, Conversions, and Constraints ; Pace of Transitions: Innovation, Infrastructures, and Inertia ; National Aspirations: Goals and Realities ; Cautious Anticipations: Trends and Possibilities
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
IX, 178 S. : Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780313381775
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
