Fueling Our Future: An Introduction to Sustainable Energy Paperback - Softcover

Evans, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052168448X ISBN 13: 9780521684484

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Inhaltsangabe

This book provides a concise overview of current energy demand and supply patterns, and presents a balanced view of how our reliance on fossil fuels can be changed over time. Written in a non-technical and accessible style, it will appeal to a wide range of readers without scientific backgrounds.

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'Delightfully written in a non-technical and accessible style, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers, both with and without scientific backgrounds. It is steady-paced and well grounded, providing much solid information in a coherent and useful way which really makes it possible for the layman to think about the subject matter.' Journal of Environmental Conservation

'The book is very good to read with a preface, a glossary, an index and an appendix with energy factors. ... It is written in a non-technical style for a wide range of readers both with and without [a]scientific background.' Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Biografía del autor

Robert Evans is the Methanex Professor of Clean Energy Systems and founding Director of the Clean Energy Research Centre in the Faculty of Applied Science at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He was previously Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean of Applied Science at UBC. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and the US Society of Automotive Engineers. Prior to spending the last 25 years in academia he worked in the UK Central Electricity Research Laboratory, for the British Columbia Energy Commission, and the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. He is the author or co-author of over 130 publications, and holds four US patents.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 052168448X
• ISBN 13: 9780521684484
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192