02223cam a2200385 i 4500 113605 113605 18192387 BJBSDDR 20230411090614.0 ta 140618s2015 mauab 001 0 eng 2014020397 9780674725027 (alk. paper) 0674725026 DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc TJ 163.2 P927e 2015 333.793/2 23 Prentiss, Mara Goff 9536 Energy revolution : the physics and the promise of efficient technology / Mara Prentiss. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015. viii, 341 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes and index. Introduction: U.S. energy use : Past, present, and future -- Overview of renewable energy -- Electric power for a renewable future -- Electricity from water -- Electricity from wind -- Electricity from the sun -- Combining renewable energy sources -- Distributing electricity -- Conserving energy -- Storing energy -- Consequences of consuming energy -- Conclusion: A renewable future -- Appendix A: Carnot efficiency -- Appendix B: Electricity from heat -- Appendix C: Recommended steps toward a renewable future. "Energy can be neither created nor destroyed -- but it can be wasted. The United States wastes two-thirds of its energy, including 80 percent of the energy used in transportation. So the nation has a tremendous opportunity to develop a sensible energy policy based on benefits and costs. But to do that we need facts -- not hyperbole, not wishful thinking. Mara Prentiss presents and interprets political and technical Recursos energéticos 1461 Consumo de energía 8883 Conservación de energía 11479 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2019-10-30 0 TJ 163.2 P927e 2015 00000140041 2019-10-30 00:00:00 1 2019-10-30 BK