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Energy for the 21st century : a comprehensive guide to conventional and alternative sources / Roy L. Nersesian
| データ種別 | 電子ブック |
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| 著者標目 | *Nersesian, Roy L. NetLibrary, Inc |
| 出版者 | Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe |
| 出版年 | c2007 |
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| 別書名 | 異なりアクセスタイトル:Energy for the twenty-first century |
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| 巻次 | electronic bk. ; ISBN:9780765622006 electronic bk. ; ISBN:0765622009 |
| 大きさ | xviii, 402 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
| 本文言語 | 英語 |
| 内容注記 | 1. Are we on Easter Island? Easter Island The Mathematics of Extinction Progress Is Our Most Important Product The Unremitting Rise in Population The Case of Double Exponential Growth A Lesson in Fish From Hunting to Farming Energy Depletion 2. Electricity and the utility industry It Takes Energy to Make Energy Energy for Electricity Generation Enhancing Efficiency in Electricity Generation Early History of Electricity Generating Electricity Generating Electricity Commercially System Operation Methods of Rate Regulation Operating Models of an Era of Deregulation/Liberalization Utility Pools When Demand Exceeds Supply The Real Lesson of California 3. Biomass Yesterdayʾs Fuel Todayʾs Fuel: China, India, Indonesia, Brazil Biomass as a Motor Vehicle Fuel Biomass for Electricity Generation Biogas Tomorrowʾs Fuel 4. Coal The First Energy Crisis The Origin and History of Coal Coal and the Industrial Revolution Coal and Railroads Coal and Steel The Rise and Gall of King Coal Types of Coal Coal Mining Coal Today Role of Coal Among the Major Consumers The Case Against Coal Clean Coal Technologies Eliminating Coal Not So Easy 5. The story of big oil History of Lighting History of Oil Enter John D. Rockefeller Enter Marcus Samuel Spindletop Spindletop and Shell The Emergence of Oil as a Strategically Vital Commodity The Era of the Seven Sisters Opening Up the Middle East Early Attempts at Oil Price Controls Enter Saudi Arabia and Kuwait Exit the Key Players Shareholders and Stakeholders Development of Saudi Arabiaʾs Oil Fields The Shoes Begin to Fall The Next Shoe to Fall The Birth of OPEC The 1973 Oil Crisis The Era of High Oil Prices The End of the Era of High Oil Prices The Era of Moderate Oil Prices Itʾs Not Oil Prices Any More, Itʾs Oil Security Oil and Diplomacy Oil and Environmentalists Role of Oil Companies After the Oil Crisis A Changing World Are Oil Companiesʾ Margins All That Great? The Future Role of Oil Companies 6. OIL The Earth as an Oil Manufacturer Formation of Oil Oil Exploration Drilling Rights Drilling Equipment Directional Drilling Offshore Drilling Rigs Evaluating a Well Completing a Well Moving the Oil to the Well Maintaining Reservoir Pressure Getting the Oil to a Refinery Tankers and Barges Oil Spills Refining Oil Reserves Are We on the Downward Slippery Slope? Comparison of Major Discoveries versus Consumption Was 2004 a Watershed Year? Synthetic Crude Challenge of Oil: The Automobile Alternative Fueled Vehicles Enhancing Engine Efficiency Internalizing an Externality Is This Politically Acceptable? 7. Natural gas Background Early History of Coal Gas History of Natural Gas The Battle Over Lighting Long Distance Transmission Federal Regulation The War Years Opening Up the Northeast Last Stop Before Total Regulation Unraveling Natural Gas Regulation The Road to Deregulation From Source to Consumer Natural Gas as a Fuel The European Version of Deregulation LPG: Prelude to LNG Liquefied Natural Gas Organizing and Financing the LNG Supply Chain LNG Carriers LNG Pricing The Future of LNG Gas to Liquids (GTL) Technology Methane from Coal Methane from Shale Methane Hydrates 8. Nuclear and hydropower Background What Does a 1,000 Megawatt Plant Mean? Physics of a Nuclear Reactor Nuclear Incidents and Accidents Three Mile Island Incident |
| 一般注記 | Includes bibliographical references and index List of Tables and Figures: Top world ethanol producers -Contribution of biomass -Employment, productivity and safety -Shareholdersʾ percentage -Employment patterns of jack-ups and semisubmersibles -Historical development of refining processes -Write-up of OPEC reserves -Worldʾs largest oil fields -Energy content of motor vehicle fuels -How far can a gasoline tax go? -International natural gas pipeline movements -U.S. electricity generating units -Worldʾs largest dams in terms of electricity generation -Economic analysis of actual solar energy system -Calculating carbon release -Global warming potential and atmospheric lifetime of greenhouse gases -Proposed CAFE standards for light trucks -Average annual energy costs of oil and natural gas -2030 projected oil demand and supply -Exhausting a resource -History of the global population -Percentage of population below age 15 -Annual change in world population -Energy consumption and world population growth -Global per capita energy consumption -Marine life harves History of Middle East crude oil prices-Saudi Arabia oil production and consumption-Per capita GDP in Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Japan since the oil crisis-Cost factors of a U.S. gallon of regular gasoline in 2000-Comparison of gasoline prices in Europe and the United States-Success ratios and productivity of U.S. oil and gas wells-Nations with declining oil production-Worldʾs proven reserves-World ratio of reserves to production-Major world oil producers-Major world oil consumers-Major world oil reserves-Frequency of discovery of giant oil fields-Comparison of major discoveries versus consumption-World heavy oil and bitumen resources-U.S. versus world automobile population-Composition of new car sales in the United States-Automobiles per one thousand population-Average miles driven per year for passenger cars-Arabian gulf oil exports and U.S. imports from the Arabian gulf-Consumption versus waste of natural gas-World natural gas consumption in tcf-Worldʾs largest natural gas reserves-Sources and destination Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries |
| 件 名 | LCSH:Power resources LCSH:Energy policy CSHF:Ressources énergétiques CSHF:Politique énergétique FREE:Electronic books |
| 分 類 | DC22:333.79 |
| 書誌ID | OB00000231 |
| ISBN | 9780765622006 |
| NCID | LB40000315 |