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    Energy systems and sustainability : power for a sustainable future / edited by Bob Everett [and others].

    Contributor(s): Everett, Bob | Open UniversityMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, in association with the Open University, 2012Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 654 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN: 9780199593743Subject(s): Renewable energy sources | Power resources -- Environmental aspects | Energy policy | Energy policy | Power resources -- Environmental aspects | Renewable energy sourcesDDC classification: 333.79/414 LOC classification: TJ808 | .E59 2012
    Contents:
    1 Introducing energy systems and sustainability -- 2 Primary energy -- 3 What do we use energy for? -- 4 Forms of energy -- 5 Coal -- 6 Heat to motive power -- 7 Oil and gas -- 8 Oil and gas engines -- 9 Electricity -- 10 Nuclear power -- 11 The future of nuclear power -- 12 Costing energy -- 13 Penalties: assessing the environmental and health impacts of energy use -- 14 Remedies : towards a sustainable energy future.
    Summary: Written with undergraduates and graduates in mind, this volume provides a thorough introduction to the economic, social, environmental and policy issues raised by current systems of energy use. The authors also describe the key physical and engineering features of these energy production systems.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    1 Introducing energy systems and sustainability -- 2 Primary energy -- 3 What do we use energy for? -- 4 Forms of energy -- 5 Coal -- 6 Heat to motive power -- 7 Oil and gas -- 8 Oil and gas engines -- 9 Electricity -- 10 Nuclear power -- 11 The future of nuclear power -- 12 Costing energy -- 13 Penalties: assessing the environmental and health impacts of energy use -- 14 Remedies : towards a sustainable energy future.

    Written with undergraduates and graduates in mind, this volume provides a thorough introduction to the economic, social, environmental and policy issues raised by current systems of energy use. The authors also describe the key physical and engineering features of these energy production systems.

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