Energy

The use of fracking is a tremendously important technology for the recovery of oil and gas, but the advantages and costs of fracking remain controversial. This book examines the issues and social, economic, political, and legal aspects of fracking in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783038977568Author S M MuyeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Mdpi AGPublisher Mdpi AGWeight(grams) 463g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515438267Author Nikola TeslaFormat HardbackPage Count 52Imprint Wilder PublicationsPublisher Wilder PublicationsWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This book discusses the role electricity plays in sustaining and improving the quality of life. The author elucidates the numerous approaches to estimating value, including electricity's contribution toward the U.S. Gross Domestic Product; its role in...

These Memorials of Andrew Crosse (1784-1855), published by his wife after his death, include his experiments, and some of his poetry and prose. After graduating from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1805 (described in this volume as 'a perfect hell on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632396853Author Helena WalkerFormat HardbackImprint Callisto ReferencePublisher Callisto ReferenceWeight(grams) 966g

This book highlights topics ranging from green chemistry and engineering to bioremediation, smart technologies, and sustainable business practices. The common threads running through this volume are the need for urgent action, a vision for a sustainable...

In recent years, the Green New Deal has moved from relative obscurity to front and centre of policy discussions and public debates about how to respond to the climate crisis. It has been credited with radically changing the nature of the conversation on...

Completely non-technical in its approach and focusing exclusively on managing the human element of energy consumption, this book demonstrates how to apply proven management techniques to significantly reduce these unnecessary energy expenses within an...

The 2016 International Conference on Energy, Environment and Materials Science (EEMS 2016) took place on July 29-31, 2016 in Singapore. EEMS 2016 has been a meeting place for innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of energy and...

Analytical Heat Transfer explains how to analyze and solve conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer problems. It enables students to tackle complex engineering heat transfer problems prevalent in practice.Covering heat transfer in high-speed...

Power Plant Synthesis provides an integrated approach to the operation, analysis, simulation, and dimensioning of power plants for electricity and thermal energy production. Fundamental concepts of energy and power, energy conversion, and power plant...

This 1989 book provides a nontechnical analysis of present and future energy resources and their potential development to meet future demand. The prevailing impression in popular discussion of future energy supply is that a crisis will occur, sooner or...

This 1989 book provides a nontechnical analysis of present and future energy resources and their potential development to meet future demand. The prevailing impression in popular discussion of future energy supply is that a crisis will occur, sooner or...

Electricity markets world-wide are undergoing a transformation, as state-owned and vertically integrated monopolies are being replaced by competitive dynamics and private participation. Policy reforms driving this transformation include the...

This book, sponsored by the Stockholm Environment Institute and first published in 1992, presents a detailed analysis of changes in world energy use over the past twenty years. It considers the future prospects of energy demand, and discusses ways of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578206943Author Jack KerfootFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Jl Kerfoot Energy Services LLCPublisher Jl Kerfoot Energy Services LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313206429Author Bruce BringhurstFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

A highly readable and authoritatively written book with an important message for US industry and government in a world of long-term uncertainty of gasoline price and availability. The author argues persuasively that current low fuel prices and the...

The Political Economy of Venezuelan Oil describes the historic role of multinationals in establishing the oil industry there and the resulting coordination of an integrated, nationalized industry. Randall posits that the nationalization of the Venezuelan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Winner, 2015 Don K. Price Award given by the Science, Technology and Environmental Politics section of the American Political Science Association. 2015.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780960008940Author Joanne ShwedFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Hydroecology North AmericaPublisher Hydroecology North AmericaWeight(grams)...

Urbanization and growing wealth in developing countries portend a large increase of demand for modern energy services in residential, commercial and public-service buildings in the coming decades. Pursuing energy efficiency in buildings is vital to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978629304Author Jeffrey GoettemoellerFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Prime BooksPublisher Prime BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

India has 150GW of renewable energy potential, about half in the form of small hydropower, biomass, and wind and half in solar, cogeneration, and waste-to-energy. Developing renewable energy can help India increase its energy security, reduce the adverse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865691063Author Charles E. HewettFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

The wide variety of reference sources include not only books and journals, but also annual reports, directories, statistics, unpublished documents, computerized data bases, authors, and organizations active in the field. Special attention is paid to...

Imported water has transformed the Golden State's environment and quality of life. In the last one hundred years, land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism have dramatically altered both urban and rural communities across the entire state. The...

Can catastrophic climate change in this century be averted without strangling the world economy and global aspirations for improved living standards?both of which depend on the continuing prominence of fossil fuels in the 21st century? Power Struggle:...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899300641Author Arabinda GhoshFormat HardbackPage Count 124Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Traditional theories hold that regulatory agencies act mainly as champions of the interest they are meant to oversee. Anderson looks at regulation within the fast-changing environment. By adding the external political and internal bureaucratic variables...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313200434Author Burton I. KaufmanFormat HardbackPage Count 217Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

The turmoil and strife of the Middle East raises serious questions about the security of the world's oil supply. Oil, Turmoil, and Islam in the Middle East is a hard-hitting indictment of OPEC and OAPEC, arguing that these organizations can no longer...

This work traces the development of residential natural gas markets in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present. It examines how social, economic, and technological factors interrelated to bring a relatively new energy...

This landmark study is the result of a collaborative research effort among the East-West Center and a group of institutions in China (Taipei), Japan, and Korea, in consultation with experts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Electric...

An exceptionally timely volume that weighs the costs and benefits of alternative energy sources and their implications for reducing energy consumption. As this book makes clear, civilization cannot long continue to ride on an oil slick. Worldwide, many...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313225581Author Professor Mary Ann TetreaultFormat HardbackPage Count 215Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275921798Author George GaskellFormat HardbackPage Count 357Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899300108Author Arabinda GhoshFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Competition in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity is of increasing interest to policy makers as well as to buyers and sellers of power. The use of competition as a social policy tool to benefit consumers carries the necessity...