TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schobert,Harold H.
TI  - Energy and society: an introduction 
SN  - 9781439826454
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boca Raton
PB  - CRC Press, Taylor & francis Group
KW  - Power resources
KW  - Force and energy
KW  - Energy consumption
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Environmental aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Energy, work, and power -- Human energy -- The energy balance -- Fire -- Firewood -- Combustion for home comfort -- Waterwheels -- Wind energy -- The steam engine -- Heat and thermal efficiency -- Introduction to electricity -- How electricity is generated -- Impacts of electricity on society -- Electricity from falling water -- Electricity from steam -- Energy for transportation -- Petroleum and its products -- Gasoline -- The impact of the automobile -- Jet engines and jet fuel -- Diesel engines and diesel fuel -- Atomic energy -- Nuclear power plants -- The nuclear controversy -- Energy and the environment -- Acid rain -- Vehicle emissions and emissionless vehicles -- Global climate change -- Fossil energy: reserves, resources, and geopolitics -- Renewable energy from biomass -- Electricity from wind -- Energy from the sun -- Nuclear fusion: bringing the sun to Earth
ER  -