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Energy systems and sustainability / edited by Godfrey Boyle, Bob Everett, and Janet Ramage.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.Description: xvii, 619 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0199261792
  • 9780199261796
Other title:
  • Energy systems and sustainability, power for a sustainable future [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.79 BOY
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 333.79 BOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 208988
Two Hour Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 333.79 BOY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 207701

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.

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