02247cam a2200385 i 4500999001900000001000900019003000800028005001700036007000300053008004100056010001700097020003100114020001500145040002800160041000900188042000800197050002500205082001800230100003100248245009500279264008600374300006400460336002600524337002800550338002700578504002400605505051900629520042401148650003301572650003201605650004001637906004501677942001201722952012701734 c113605d11360518192387BJBSDDR20230411090614.0ta140618s2015 mauab 001 0 eng  a 2014020397 a9780674725027 (alk. paper) a0674725026 aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC aeng  apcc14aTJ 163.2bP927e 201500a333.793/22231 aPrentiss, Mara Goff 9953610aEnergy revolution :bthe physics and the promise of efficient technology /cMara Prentiss. 1aCambridge, Massachusetts :bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,c2015. aviii, 341 pages :bcolor illustrations, color maps ;c25 cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes and index. aIntroduction: 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. a"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  4aRecursos energéticos91461 4aConsumo de energía 98883 4aConservación de energía 911479 a7bcbccorignewd1eecipf20gy-gencatlg 2lcccBK 00102lcc40708HUaBJBbBJBcHUd2019-10-30l0oTJ 163.2 P927e 2015p00000140041r2019-10-30 00:00:00t1w2019-10-30yBK