Energy choices a guide to facts and perspectives.
Başlık:
Energy choices a guide to facts and perspectives.
Yazar:
Thayer, K. B. (Keith B.)
Yayın Bilgileri:
New York, N.Y. (ASME, Three Park Avenue. New York, NY 10016) : American Society of Mechanical Engineers, c2010.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 electronic text (53 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, digital file.
Genel Not:
"Produced and edited by Keith Thayer and Phil Grossweiler ... [and] sponsored by the ASME Committee of Past Presidents and the ASME Energy Committee chaired by Ken Krok"--P. 7.
İçerik:
1. Introduction: Energy projections : International Energy Agency ; Energy projections : U.S. Climate Change Science Program -- 2. Energy sources: Fossil fuels ; Nuclear ; Biofuels ; Biomass; Other renewable energy -- 3. Energy storage & secondary energy carriers -- 4. Transporting fuels and transmission -- 5. Efficiency & conservation.
Özet:
This booklet is intended to give the reader some information to better understand the complexities of the energy world and its ongoing evolution. It provides a context for our total energy future -- as we know it today. Energy Choices: A Guide to Facts and Perspectives is the result of the efforts of numerous members and associates of the ASME who have unique professional and technical backgrounds that are directly relevant to this undertaking. Their inputs are intended to provide an overview of energy issues at a relatively non-technical level.
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Elektronik Erişim:
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