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001 ASIN1466517409
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008 150603s2014 xxu eng d
020 _a1466517409 (hardcover)
_c$129.95
020 _a9781466517400 (hardcover)
037 _c12374.12 PKR
040 _cAUI
100 1 _aSkipka, Kenneth J. ; Theodore, Louis
_913699
245 1 0 _aEnergy resources : availability, management, and environmental impacts
260 _aNew York
_bCRC Press,
_c2014.
300 _axxvi; 459 p.
490 1 _aEnergy and the environment.
520 _a� The Energy Problem Energy Resources: Availability, Management, and Environmental Impacts identifies historical increases in demand and a continuing lack of viable management policies for regional and global energy problems. Considering the state and consumption of energy resources on a worldwide level, the authors outline and address three primary issues that they view as growing concerns: the exploitation of current forms of energy, the environmental consequences, and the social and economic ramifications involved. The initial chapters offer an overview of energy management, providing an introduction to energy, energy-related engineering principles, regulations, energy conservation, and sustainability. The book discusses all energy resource forms from fossil fuels to renewable resources. The authors introduce an energy matrix providing an analytical structure that quantitatively can be used to evaluate resource options and their impacts. The concluding chapters provide insight into the driving forces that have shaped energy policy to date and the uncertainties that face future policymakers. The book analyzes various aspects of energy management. It poses concerns and offers solutions, including a proposed approach for developing, organizing, and implementing a national energy plan for the U.S. A Template for Developing an Energy Policy �Examines the issues involved with energy management �Explores the best options for achieving energy independence �Provides quantitative approaches to energy policy development �Discusses specific structural and analytical approaches to solving energy management problems The book considers conservation and the development of new, less expensive energy forms, and the impact these can make in slowing growth in demand while fueling efficiency. It analyzes the availability of traditional energy resources and a method of quantifying their energy, economic, and environmental impacts to provide adequate, inexpensive, long-term energy supplies. It also examines the feasibility of solar power, wind, tidal, geothermal, nuclear, and other less traditional sources of energy.
700 1 _aTheodore, Louis.
_913700
830 0 _aEnergy and the environment.
_913701
856 4 0 _3Amazon.com
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