Understanding the global energy crisis / / edited by Eugene D. Coyle and Richard A. Simmons.
Central issues in global energy are discussed through interdisciplinary dialogue between experts from both North America and Europe with overview from historical, political, and socio-cultural perspectives, outlining the technology and policy issues facing the development of major conventional and r...
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| Superior document: | Purdue Studies in Public Policy |
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| Place / Publishing House: | West Lafayette, Indiana : : Published on behalf of the Global Policy Research Institute by Purdue University Press,, [2014] ©[2014] |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Purdue studies in public policy.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 pages) :; illustrations; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Reflections on Energy, Greenhouse Gases, and Carbonaceous Fuels
- Global Energy Policy Perspectives
- Social engagement by the engineer
- Harnessing Nature: wind, hydro,wave, tidal and geothermal energy
- Solar Power and the Enabling Role of Nanotechnology
- Biofuel Prospects in an Uncertain World
- A Future Role for Nuclear Energy?
- Taking Emerging Renewable Technologies to Market
- Transportation and Energy
- Policy Challenges for the Built Environment:the Dilemma of the Existing Building Stock