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10
Energy
and
Society
FURTHER
READINGS
Naki
ć
enovi
ć
,
N.;
Grübler,
A.;
McDonald,
A.
Global
Energy
Perspectives
.
Cambridge
University:
Cambridge,
U.K.,
1998.
This
book
examines
the
balance,
and
trade-offs,
among
fossil
fuels,
alternative
fuels,
efficiency
increases,
and
energy
conservation
in
meeting
increasing
consumer
demands
for
clean,
convenient
energy.
Chapter
3
discusses
issues
of
energy
intensity,
and
gross
domestic
product.
Smil,
V.
Energy
at
the
Crossroads
.
MIT
Press:
Cambridge,
MA,
2003.
Chapter
2,
on
“energy
linkages,”
discusses
such
issues
as
energy
intensity,
relationships
of
energy
use
with
GDP,
and
how
energy
use
impacts
the
quality
of
life.
Smil,
V.
Energy
in
Nature
and
Society
.
MIT
Press:
Cambridge,
MA,
2008.
Chapter
12
provides
a
useful
discussion
of
energy
and
the
economy,
and
relationships
between
energy
use
and
quality
of
life.
Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Energy, Work, and Power
- Chapter 3: Human Energy
- Chapter 4: The Energy Balance
- Chapter 5: Fire
- Chapter 6: Firewood
- Chapter 7: Combustion for Home Comfort
- Chapter 8: Waterwheels
- Chapter 9: Wind Energy
- Chapter 10: Steam Engine
- Chapter 11: Heat and Thermal Efficiency
- Chapter 12: Introduction to Electricity
- Chapter 13: How Electricity Is Generated
- Chapter 14: Impacts of Electricity on Society
- Chapter 15: Electricity from Falling Water
- Chapter 16: Electricity from Steam
- Chapter 17: Energy for Transportation
- Chapter 18: Petroleum and Its Products
- Chapter 19: Gasoline
- Chapter 20: Impact of the Automobile
- Chapter 21: Jet Engines and Jet Fuel
- Chapter 22: Diesel Engines and Diesel Fuel
- Chapter 23: Atomic Energy
- Chapter 24: Nuclear Power Plants
- Chapter 25: The Nuclear Controversy
- Chapter 26: Energy and the Environment
- Chapter 27: Acid Rain
- Chapter 28: Vehicle Emissions and Emissionless Vehicles
- Chapter 29: Global Climate Change
- Chapter 30: Fossil Energy: Reserves, Resources, and Geopolitics
- Chapter 31: Renewable Energy from Biomass
- Chapter 32: Electricity from Wind
- Chapter 33: Energy from the Sun
- Chapter 34: Nuclear Fusion: Bringing the Sun to Earth
- Glossary of Symbols, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
- Back Cover