Energy systems and sustainability / edited by Godfrey Boyle, Bob Everett, and Janet Ramage.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: xvii, 619 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 0199261792
- 9780199261796
- Energy systems and sustainability, power for a sustainable future [Cover title]
- 333.79 BOY
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Block I.
This book was produced as a major component of the Open University\'s second level undergraduate course T206 Energy for a Sustainable Future.--P. v.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1.Introductory overview -- 2.Primary energy -- 3.What do we use energy for? -- 4.Forms of energy -- 5.Coal -- 6.Heat to motive power -- 7.Oil and gas -- 8.Oil and gas engines -- 9.Electricity -- 10.Nuclear power -- 11.The future of nuclear power -- 12.Costing energy -- 13.Penalties: assessing the environmental and health impacts of energy use -- 14.Remedies: making fossil fuel use more sustainable.