Changing energy : the transition to a sustainable future /
"Changing Energy outlines how humanity came to its current energy economy through three previous energy transitions and now stands poised for a necessary fourth one. Despite the immense benefits conferred by a global energy economy based primarily on coal, oil, gas, and uranium, societies must...
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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- The invisible keystone of the modern world
- Energy and energy services
- Energy and the modern state
- Primary fuels and energy efficiency
- Energy systems
- Climate change
- Geopolitical tensions, health and environmental effects, and depletion
- The fourth energy transition: energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Energy sources: criteria for acceptability
- Energy sources: the scorecard
- Barriers and challenges.
- The invisible keystone of the modern world
- Energy and energy services
- Energy and the modern state
- Primary fuels and energy efficiency
- Energy systems
- Climate change
- Geopolitical tensions, health and environmental effects, and depletion
- The fourth energy transition: energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Energy sources: criteria for acceptability
- Strengths and weaknesses of primary energy sources
- Barriers and challenges.