Energy Physical, Environmental, and Social Impact

Name: Energy Physical, Environmental, and Social Impact
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ISBN: 9780130932228

ISBN-10: 0130932221

ISBN-13: 9780130932228

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Gordon J. Aubrecht

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For non-majors introductory energy courses in the departments of Physics, Geology, and Geography. The most complete book of its kind on the market, this text focuses on energy needs, trends, and long-term prospects and resource supplies. It addresses all the various issues involved with energy, from population to production to distribution to the consequences of the choices made in supplying the energy. Energy is defined and the history of energy use is explored. The book is organized into a general introduction, electricity generation and transmission, thermal aspects of energy, material resources, fossil energy resources and consequences of its use, an extensive section on solar…

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List price: $179.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 6/3/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 696
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.640




Introduction to Energy



General Considerations



A Digression on the Necessity of a Finite World Population



Work, Energy, and Power



Electricity Generation and Transmission



Electricity



Consumption of Electrical Energy: Projections and Exponential Growth



Thermal Aspects of Energy Generation



Atoms and Chemical Energy



The Efficiency of Energy Generation and Thermodynamics



Production and Distribution of Electricity



Conservation: An Important Energy Source



Material Resources and Consequences



Mineral Resources



Recycling and Reuse



Fossil Fuel Resources and Consequences



Fossil Fuel Resources



Environmental Effects of Utility Generating Facilities



Pollution from Fossil Fuels



Moving Down the Road



Weather and Climate



Climate Change and Human Activity



Nuclear Energy Resources and Consequences



Nuclear Energy



Energy from Nuclear Reactors



Safety and Nuclear Energy



Solar Energy



Solar Energy



Solar Energy and Water



Biomass Energy



The Energy Cost of Agriculture (A Case Study)



Energy Alternatives



Energy Storage and Energy Alternatives



Tocsin



Scientific Notation



Logarithms



Understanding Tabular Data



Vector Addition


Index