Powering the future : a scientist's guide to energy independence /
By: Botkin, Daniel B.
Contributor(s): Pérez, Diana.
Publisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2010Description: xxi, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780137049769 (hbk : alk. paper); 9780137049769:; 0137049765.Subject(s): Power resources -- United States -- Forecasting | Power resources -- United States | Renewable energy sources -- United States | Energy policy -- United States
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-312) and index.
Conventional energy sources. Oil ; Natural gas ; Coal ; Water power ; Nuclear power -- New energy sources. Wind power ; Solar power ; Ocean power ; Biofuels -- Designing an energy system. Transporting energy: the grid, hydrogen, batteries, and more ; Transporting things ; Saving energy at home and finding energy at your feet ; Solutions.
The future of our civilization depends upon the availability of energy to support the societies we build and live in. But we're approaching the practical limits of some of the sources of energy we've come to depend on. Botkin objectively assesses the prospects, limitations, and dangers associated with emerging sources of energy.