A History of Energy Flows: From Human Labor to Renewable Power

ISBN-13: 9780367777067 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

Anthony N. Penna

Opis

This book details the historical evolution of energy, follwoing the overlapping and slow transition from one regime to another. In doing so it seeks to provide insight into future energy flows and the means of utilising sustainable energy sources to reduce fossil fuel footprints.

Spis treści

Part 1. The Organic Energy Regime  1. Biological Converters of Energy: Food, Fodder and Firewood  2. Early Uses of Wind and Water Power  Part 2. The Mineral Energy Regime  3. The Coal Revolution: The Transition from an Organic to a Mineral Economy  4. Petroleum: "Liquid Gold"  5. A History of Manufactured Gas and Natural Gas  6. Nuclear Power  Part 3. The Renewable Energy Regime  7. Hydropower: Four Case Studies  8. Solar Power: Capturing the Power of the Sun  9. Capturing the Power of Wind  Part 4. Alternative Energy Solutions  10. Fuel Cell and Battery Power: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

O autorze

Anthony N. Penna is Professor Emeritus of Environmental History at Northeastern University, USA. He is author of numerous titles, including The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History (2015, 2nd ed), Natural Disasters in a Global Environment (2013) and Nature's Bounty: Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives (1999).