Introduction to Energy: Resources, Technology, and Society

Edward S. Cassedy; Peter Z. Grossman

ISBN 10: 0521637678 / ISBN 13: 9780521637671

Published by Cambridge University Press, USA, 2003

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Moderate edge wear on covers. Owner's name inside. Otherwise in good condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Energy: Resources, Technology, and Society
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, USA
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521637678
• ISBN 13: 9780521637671
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • NON-FICTION, GENERAL
  • BUSINESS
  • EDUCATION

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Synopsis

Energy issues such as pollution, resource depletion, global warming, nuclear power and waste are problems demanding timely solutions. This book provides a critical examination of the resources, market forces, and social impacts of modern energy production. The book addresses the dilemmas that have arisen due to society's crucial dependence on energy, particularly fossil fuels, and explores the available alternative energy producing technologies. The second edition has increased emphasis on those issues at the forefront of the current energy debate: energy sustainability, climate change, and the radical restructuring of the power industry due to deregulation. Assuming no prior technical expertise and avoiding complex mathematical formulation. The second edition, like the first, will be especially useful as a textbook for undergraduate programs in Science, Technology and Society (STS), and as a supplementary text in a variety of courses that touch on energy studies, including environmental and technology policy, environmental, mineral and business law, energy and resource economics.

Book Description

This book provides a critical examination of the resources, market forces, and social impacts of modern energy production. The book addresses the dilemmas that have arisen from society's crucial dependence on energy and particularly fossil fuels, and explores the available alternative electricity producing technologies. The second edition has increased emphasis on those issues at the forefront of the current energy debate: energy sustainability, climate change, de-regulation of the power industry. The first edition proved especially useful as a textbook for undergraduate programs in Science, Technology and Society (STS), and as a supplementary text in a variety of courses which touch upon energy studies, including environmental and technology policy, law and economics.