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| Introduction | |
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| Heating: The Basics and the Primitives | |
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| Energy, Power, and Heat | |
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| The Wood Stove | |
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| Pellet Stoves and Furnaces | |
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| Corn Stoves and Furnaces | |
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| Coal Stoves | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Heating with Oil and Gas | |
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| Forced-Air Heating | |
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| Hot-Water and Steam Heating | |
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| Oilheat Technology | |
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| Methane ("Natural Gas") Heating | |
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| Propane Heating | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Heating and Cooling with Electricity | |
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| Temperature | |
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| Electric Resistance Heating | |
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| Principles of Cooling | |
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| Electric Heat Pumps | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Passive Solar Heating | |
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| Sunnyside Glass | |
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| Thermal-Mass Heating | |
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| Solar Water Heating | |
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| Sidehill Construction | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Alternative Indoor Climate Control | |
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| Direct Wind-Powered Climate Control | |
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| Direct Hydroelectric Climate Control | |
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| Direct Photovoltaic Climate Control | |
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| Thermal-Mass Cooling | |
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| Evaporative Cooling | |
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| Subterranean Living | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Conventional Propulsion | |
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| Gasoline Fuel and Engines | |
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| Petroleum Diesel Fuel and Engines | |
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| Conventional Jet Fuel and Engines | |
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| Conventional Rocket Fuel and Engines | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Propulsion with Methane, Propane, and Biofuels | |
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| Methane for Propulsion | |
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| Propane for Propulsion | |
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| Ethanol for Propulsion | |
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| Biodiesel Fuel for Propulsion | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Propulsion with Electricity, Hydrogen, and Fuel Cells | |
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| Electric Vehicles | |
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| Hybrid Electric Vehicles | |
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| Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles | |
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| Fuel-Cell Vehicles | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Advanced Propulsion Methods | |
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| Magnetic Levitation | |
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| The Maglev Train | |
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| The Nuclear-Powered Ship | |
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| The Ion Rocket | |
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| Fusion Spacecraft Engines | |
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| The Solar Sail | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Electricity from Fossil Fuels | |
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| Coal-Fired Power Plants | |
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| Oil-Fired Power Plants | |
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| Methane-Fired Power Plants | |
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| On-Site Combustion Generators | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Electricity from Water and Wind | |
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| Large- and Medium-Scale Hydropower | |
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| Small-Scale Hydropower | |
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| Tidal-Electric Power | |
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| Wave-Electric Power | |
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| Large-Scale Wind Power | |
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| Small-Scale Wind Power | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Electricity from Atoms and Sunshine | |
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| Atoms | |
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| Power from Uranium Fission | |
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| Power from Hydrogen Fusion | |
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| Photovoltaics | |
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| Large-Scale PV Systems | |
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| Small-Scale PV Systems | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Illumination Technology | |
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| Incandescent Lamps | |
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| Conventional Fluorescent Lamps | |
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| Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) | |
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| Semiconductor Lamps | |
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| Advanced Electrification Methods | |
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| Geothermal Power | |
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| Biomass Power | |
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| Small-Scale Fuel-Cell Power | |
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| Aeroelectric Power | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Final Exam | |
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| Answers to Quizzes and Final Exam | |
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| Suggested Additional Reading | |
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| Index | |