Energy systems and sustainability : power for a sustainable future /

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Corporate Author: Open University
Other Authors: Boyle, Godfrey, Peake, Stephen, Ramage, Janet
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press, in association with the Open University, 2003
Edition:Second edition
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Table of 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