Energy Revolution : : The Physics and the Promise of Efficient Technology / / Mara Prentiss.
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 w...
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Prentiss, Mara, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Energy Revolution : The Physics and the Promise of Efficient Technology / Mara Prentiss. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2015] ©2015 1 online resource (310 p.) : 73 color illustrations, 18 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. U.S. Energy Use-Past, Present, and Future -- I. Foundations of a Renewable Future -- 1. Overview of Renewable Energy -- 2. Electric Power for a Renewable Future -- II. Renewables Are Enough -- 3. Electricity from Water -- 4. Electricity from Wind -- 5. Electricity from the Sun -- 6. Combining Renewable Energy Sources -- III. Energy Links -- 7. Distributing Electricity -- 8. Conserving Energy -- 9. Storing Energy -- 10. 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 -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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, hydroelectricity, 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? Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) SCIENCE / Energy. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2015 9783110439687 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Physics, Chemistry, Materials Sc, Geosc 2015 9783110438789 ZDB-23-DPC Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110665901 print 9780674725027 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674736139 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674736139 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674736139.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. U.S. Energy Use-Past, Present, and Future -- I. Foundations of a Renewable Future -- 1. Overview of Renewable Energy -- 2. Electric Power for a Renewable Future -- II. Renewables Are Enough -- 3. Electricity from Water -- 4. Electricity from Wind -- 5. Electricity from the Sun -- 6. Combining Renewable Energy Sources -- III. Energy Links -- 7. Distributing Electricity -- 8. Conserving Energy -- 9. Storing Energy -- 10. 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 -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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