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Current issues in energy : a selection of papers /
Current Issues in Energy is a collection of essays that explains the role of energy in the evolution of society and creation of insights into the consequent problems of energy utilization. The book discusses the relationships between energy and its method of production, between energy and its econom...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1979.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Pergamon international library of science, technology, engineering, and social studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Current Issues in Energy: A Selection of Papers; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; About the Author; Acknowledgements; Part I: RISK-BENEFIT; Chapter 1. Risk-Benefit Analysis and Full Disclosure; Introduction; The Decision Value System; Interpreting Majority Values; Methodology for Inferring Social Values; The Decision Process; Full Disclosure; Selective Thoroughness in Risk Analysis; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Risk and Risk Acceptance by Society; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Evaluation of Risk; 3. Nature of Risk; 4. Hypothesized Laws of Risk
- Solar-thermal Electricity ProductionPhotovoltaic Conversion; Biomass; Fission Breeder; Nuclear Fusion; Wind; Ocean Thermal Gradients; Power Costs in the Future; Expected Paths for New Options; Conclusions; Chapter 6. Technical Innovation: The Answer to Resource Depletion; Abstract; Introduction; The Growth of World Energy Demand; A Global Energy Problem; The Growth of Technology; Progress of Technological Societies; Conclusions; References; Part III: ENERGY ANALYSIS AND PLANNING; Chapter 7. Energy and Society; Introduction; I. The Industrialization of Society; II. Food, Population and Energy
- ConclusionReferences; Chapter 8. Energy Use: An Interregional Analysis with Implications for International Comparisons; Problems in Measuring Economic Efficiency; Interregional Comparisons; Issues in International Comparisons; Production vs. Consumption; Industry Mix; Lifestyles; Maximizing End Function and Minimizing Resource Utilization; Quality of Energy Resources; Conclusions; References; Chapter 9. Energy System Options; Introduction; Part I. Traditional Energy System Assessment; Capital Availability Calculation; Part II. Energy Option Assessment in an Economic Development Framework
- Costs of the OptionsOption Assessment
- Infrastructure; Effects of Energy System Size; Small-scale Energy Systems; Implications of Scale Effects; Industrialized and High Capital Availability Regions; References; Appendix I Calculation of Energy System Capital Stock; Chapter 10. Energy Planning
- A Nation at Risk; Appendix A Summary of Energy Forecasts; Appendix B Methodology and Analys; Chapter 11. Comments on The National Energy Plan
- Part 1 . STRATEGIES IN ENERGY PLANNING; Improvements in Energy Planning; The Impact of Uncertainty; Improvements in the Flexibility of Energy Policy