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List of Tables | |
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List of Figures | |
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Preface | |
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Energy: The Basic Concepts | |
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What are forces? | |
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What is-work? | |
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What is energy? | |
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Which are the common forces in nature? | |
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What is friction? | |
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How does one measure energy? | |
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Can energy be created from nothing? | |
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What is the First Law of Thermodynamics? | |
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How Is Energy Used Today? | |
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Present Energy Use | |
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How much energy do humans need to keep alive? | |
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How much energy do humans need for other activities? | |
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What are the sources of energy we use? | |
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What is the origin of the energy we use? | |
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At what rate is energy consumption growing? | |
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What is the relationship between population growth and energy growth? | |
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Why is energy consumption "per capita" growing? | |
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Mat is the relationship between energy and development? | |
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What is energy intensity? | |
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What is Vie Human Development Index? | |
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What is the Gross National Happiness Index? | |
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The World's Present Energy System | |
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Energy Sources | |
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Which are the primary energy sources? | |
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What are secondary energy sources? | |
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Why are there losses in converting energy sources? | |
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What is a Sankey diagram? | |
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Fossil Fuels | |
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What are the fossil fuels | |
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What do we know about coal? | |
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What do we know about oil? | |
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What is abiotic oil? | |
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How is the price of oil evolving? | |
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What do we know about natural gas? | |
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What is the expected life of fossil fuel reserves and resources? | |
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How unevenly distributed are reserves of fossil fuels around the world? | |
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Renewables | |
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What are renewables? | |
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What is biomass? | |
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What are hydroelectric plants? | |
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What is wind energy? | |
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What are photovoltaic panels? | |
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What is solar thermal energy? | |
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What is solar thermoelectricity? | |
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What Is wave energy? | |
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What is tidal energy? | |
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What is geothermal energy? | |
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What is the potential of renewable energies? | |
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How much land is needed to produce energy from renewables? | |
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What are the prospects for increased use of renewables? | |
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Nuclear Power | |
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What is nuclear power? | |
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Why has the growth of nuclear energy declined since 1985? | |
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What are the problems of nuclear waste disposal? | |
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What is the nuclear "renaissance"? | |
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What is nuclear fusion? | |
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The Problems of the Present Energy System | |
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Exhaustion of Fossil Fuels and Energy Security | |
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Are fossil fuels being exhausted? | |
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What is the "peak oil debate"? | |
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What is energy security? | |
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What are the problems of access to energy services in the developing countries? | |
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Environmental Problems | |
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Why are environmental problems so important today? | |
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Which are the local environmental problems? | |
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What is urban air pollution? | |
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What is indoor air pollution? | |
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Which are the regional environmental problems? | |
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What is acid rain? | |
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Which are the global environmental problems? | |
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What is the greenhouse gas effect? | |
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What is the connection between global warming and energy? | |
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What is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change? | |
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What are the facts concerning climate change? | |
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What are forecasts of climate models? | |
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What are the environmental impacts from renewable sources? | |
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What are the impacts of hydroelectricity plants? | |
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How serious are oil leakages and spills? | |
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Is deforestation caused by energy use? | |
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What is the ecological footprint? | |
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Energy Costs | |
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What are the costs of energy? | |
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What are externalities? | |
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What are "learning curves"? | |
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How large are energy subsidies? | |
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Technical Solutions and Policies | |
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Energy Efficiency | |
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What are the existing technical solutions to the present energy system? | |
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What is the potential of energy efficiency? | |
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What are the advantages of energy efficiency? | |
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What are the barriers to energy efficiency? | |
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What is the potential for energy efficiency in power production? | |
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What is the potential of energy efficiency in buildings? | |
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How can we increase energy efficiency in buildings? | |
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What is building retrofitting? | |
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What is the impact of urbanization on energy use? | |
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What is the energy efficiency potential in industry? | |
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What is the energy efficiency potential in transportation? | |
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What is the "rebound" effect? | |
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New Technologies | |
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What is cogeneration? | |
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What is the role of new technologies for fossil fuels? | |
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What is Carbon Capture and Storage? | |
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What is the future of transportation? | |
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Are natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and hydrogen alternatives for transportation? | |
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Are electrically powered vehicles feasible? | |
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What are fuel cells? | |
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How much progress is being made in battery storage? | |
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What is the role of energy storage? | |
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What is the role of long-distance electricity transmission? | |
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What are smart grids? | |
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What are the prospects of biomass? | |
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te ethanol a good substitute for gasoline? | |
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What are the prospects of biodiesel? | |
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Is there competition between bioenergy and food? | |
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Policies | |
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What are policy targets for renewable energy? | |
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What are biofuels mandates? | |
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What are Renewable Portfolio Standards? | |
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What are CAFE standards? | |
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What are "feed-in tariffs"? | |
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What is the Climate Convention? | |
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What is the Kyoto Protocol? | |
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What is "cap and trade"? | |
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What are carbon taxes? | |
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What is technological "leapfrogging"? | |
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What is sustainable development? | |
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Nontechnical Solutions | |
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Energy and Lifestyle | |
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What is the relationship between energy and lifestyles? | |
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Is technological development the only driving force for changing lifestyles? | |
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What is the impact of transportation modes on lifestyles? | |
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What are the major determinants of lifestyles changes? | |
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Decimal Prefixes | |
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Common Energy Unit Conversion Factors | |
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General References | |
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Index | |