Energy

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...

A transition to renewable and low-carbon forms of energy is being widely debated as a means of securing a sustainable future for mankind. Hydrogen Energy Challenges and Prospects, a new book from the authors of Clean Energy, considers the prospects for...

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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) 576g

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...

How Americans make energy choices, why they think locally (not globally), and how this can shape U.S. energy and climate change policy. How do Americans think about energy? Is the debate over fossil fuels highly partisan and ideological? Does public...

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) 181g

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) 295g

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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:...

Because political events can determine the success or failure of an investment abroad, transnational companies must make every effort to analyze political risks as part of the decisionmaking process. States and Companies, written especially for students...

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...

As resource scarcity threatens and the economic gap between affluent and poorer nations continues to widen, conflict over natural resources is assuming critical dimensions. Mandel analyzes the causes and consequences of present tensions and offers case...

The book contains a systematic and reasoned appraisal of the extent and character of the nation's resources, the evolution of their use and misuse, and present conservation practices in the light of their adequacy for the future.Book InformationISBN...

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...

Energy usage and the use of solar energy through photovoltaic conversion. "The first 30 pages of theis typewritten book are generally useful as a timely, concise, well-documented statement of energy sources and expected energy usage in the U.S. to...

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...

Based on the author's first-hand research and experience in Saudi Arabia, this monograph presents a highly readable account of the internationalization of the Middle East's labor force during and after the oil boom of 1973-83. Written from the...

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...

The editors have assembled 15 articles by experts which examine the problems of this country's energy policy, and the confusion which surrounds the issues. Beginning with the crisis of 1970, the articles selected discuss current energy issues, what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780899300955Author David O. FrederickFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This book deals with the two aspects of the oil industry, the Arab oil industry as a unit, and its future.Book InformationISBN 9780313205002Author Kamal S. SayeghFormat HardbackPage Count 357Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987810953Author John J BarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 426Imprint Cascadia CommunicationPublisher Cascadia CommunicationWeight(grams) 417g

The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is tremendous (although it can be overstated). Taking a well-balanced and objective approach to the complicated...