عنوان

Energy revolution :

شابک

0674725026

شابک

9780674725027

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Energy revolution :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

the physics and the promise of efficient technology /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Mara Prentiss.

نام خاص و کميت اثر

viii, 341 pages :

ساير جزييات

color illustrations, color maps ;

ابعاد

25 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index.

متن يادداشت

Introduction: U.S. energy use : Past, present, and future -- Overview of renewable energy -- Electric power for a renewable future -- Electricity from water -- Electricity from wind -- Electricity from the sun -- Combining renewable energy sources -- Distributing electricity -- Conserving energy -- Storing energy -- Consequences of consuming energy -- Conclusion: A renewable future -- Appendix A: Carnot efficiency -- Appendix B: Electricity from heat -- Appendix C: Recommended steps toward a renewable future.

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

"Energy can be neither created nor destroyed -- but it can be wasted. The United States wastes two-thirds of its energy, including 80 percent of the energy used in transportation. So the nation has a tremendous opportunity to develop a sensible energy policy based on benefits and costs. But to do that we need facts -- not hyperbole, not wishful thinking. Mara Prentiss presents and interprets political and technical information from government reports and press releases, as well as fundamental scientific laws, to advance a bold claim: wind and solar power could generate 100 percent of the United States' average total energy demand for the foreseeable future, even without waste reduction. To meet the actual rather than the average demand, significant technological and political hurdles must be overcome. Still, a U.S. energy economy based entirely on wind, solar, hydro-electricity, and biofuels is within reach. The transition to renewables will benefit from new technologies that decrease energy consumption without lifestyle sacrifices, including energy optimization from interconnected smart devices and waste reduction from use of LED lights, regenerative brakes, and electric cars. Many countries cannot obtain sufficient renewable energy within their borders, Prentiss notes, but U.S. conversion to a 100 percent renewable energy economy would, by itself, significantly reduce the global impact of fossil fuel consumption. Enhanced by full-color visualizations of key concepts and data, Energy Revolution answers one of the century's most crucial questions: How can we get smarter about producing and distributing, using and conserving, energy?"--Jacket.

منبع سفارش / آدرس اشتراک

Harvard Univ Pr, C/O Triliteral Llc 100 Maple Ridge Dr, Cumbreland, RI, USA, 02864-1769, (401)6584226

موضوع مستند نشده

Energy conservation-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Energy consumption-- United States.

موضوع مستند نشده

Power resources-- United States.

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Prentiss, Mara Goff.

تاريخ عمليات

20180614124616.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y