A history of energy flows : from human labor to renewable power /
"This book presents a global and historical perspective of energy flows during the last millennium. The search for sustainable energy is a key issue dominating today's energy regime. This book details the historical evolution of energy, following the overlapping and slow flowing transition...
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
2020
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020 |
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Table of Contents:
- Biological converters of energy: food, fodder and firewood
- Early uses of wind and water power
- The coal revolution: the transition from an organic to a mineral economy
- Petroleum: "liquid gold"
- A history of manufactured gas and natural gas
- Nuclear power
- Hydropower: four case studies
- Solar power: capturing the power of the sun
- Capturing the power of wind
- Fuel cell and battery power: reducing greenhouse gas emissions