Changing Energy: The Transition to a Sustainable Future
Author:   John H. Perkins
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520287785


Pages:   340
Publication Date:   12 September 2017
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   John H. Perkins
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780520287785


ISBN 10:   0520287789
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   12 September 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Preface Prologue 1. The Invisible Keystone of the Modern World 2. Energy and Energy Services 3. Energy and the Modern State 4. Primary Fuels and Energy Efficiency 5. Energy Systems 6. Climate Change 7. Geopolitical Tensions, Health and Environmental Effects, and Depletion 8. The Fourth Energy Transition: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 9. Energy Sources: Criteria for Acceptability 10. Strengths and Weaknesses of Primary Energy Sources 11. Barriers and Challenges Epilogue Appendix 1. Units for Measuring Energy and Power Appendix 2. Production of Heat by Combustion and Fission Notes Glossary Index

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John H. Perkins is Professor Emeritus at The Evergreen State College, where he taught environmental and energy studies between 1980 and 2009 plus directed the Graduate Program on the Environment between 1999 and 2005. He is a Senior Fellow with the National Council for Science and the Environment as well as Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the author of Geopolitics and the Green Revolution: Wheat, Genes, and the Cold War and Insects, Experts, and the Insecticide Crisis: The Quest for New Pest Management Strategies.

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