The simple physics of energy use / Peter Rez, Arizona State University, USA.
Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017Publisher: ©2017Edition: First EditionDescription: xii, 285 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780198802297
- 0198802293
- 9780198802303
- 0198802307
- 333.79 23
- 537 23
- TJ163.2 .R495 2017
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Includes bibliographical references (page 279) and index.
Introduction -- Energy and society -- Part I Controlling the indoor environment : Buildings ; Electrical power generation : fossil fuels ; Nuclear power generation ; Electrical power distribution ; Electrical power generation : renewables--solar and wind ; Electrical power generation : hydroelectricity, tides, and pumped storage -- Part II Moving people and things around : Transportation : fuel energies ; Ground transportation : road and rail ; Air transportation ; Ground transportation : ships -- Part III Making stuff : Materials that come from the earth ; Agriculture--things that are grown ; Embodied energy and energy return on investment -- Summary : what should be done ?