Format:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415634410
,
9781136207402
Content:
Energy is at the top of the list of environmental problems facing industrial society, and is arguably the one that has been handled least successfully, in part because politicians and the public do not understand the physical technologies, while the engineers and industrialists do not understand the societal forces in which they operate. In this book, Allan Mazur, an engineer and a sociologist, explains energy technologies for nontechnical readers and analyses the sociology of energy. The book gives an overview of energy policy in industrialised countries including analysis of climate change, the development of electricity, forms of renewable energy and public perception of the issues. Energy is a key component to environment policy and to the workings of industrial society. This novel approach to energy technology and policy makes the book an invaluable inter-disciplinary resource for students across a range of subjects, from environmental and engineering policy, to energy technology, public administration, and environmental sociology and economics
Note:
Cover -- Title Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Part I: The big picture -- 1 The agrarian and industrial transformations -- 2 Is the Malthusian trap imminent? Are other problems more worrisome? -- 3 Energy and electricity flow in an industrial society -- 4 Energy, electricity, and quality of life -- Part II: Energy sources and consumption: using more, and more, and more . . . -- 5 Primary fossil fuels -- 6 Non-carbon sources of energy -- 7 Was growth of energy and electricity usage in industrial nations due more to population growth or to other causes? -- Part III: Electric power -- 8 Power grids -- 9 America's three grids -- Part IV: Energy controversies -- 10 Rationality, pro and con -- 11 The dynamics of technical controversy -- 12 People respond to news coverage -- Part V: Progress and regress -- 13 Attempted solutions -- 14 What next? -- Appendix I Chemistry of air pollution -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Mazur, Allan Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations London : Taylor & Francis Group,c2013 ISBN 9780415634410
Language:
English
Keywords:
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