01136nam a22001697a 4500 20230615110133.0 230615b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780195386110 TJ163.2.M3843 McElroy, Michael B. Energy: Perspectives, problems, and prospects / Michael B. McElroy.- New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. xii, 409p.: 25 cm. Includes index Contents: From hunter-gatherers to English factories -- Energy: what is it and how do we measure it? -- Wood, photosynthesis, and the carbon cycle -- Coal: origin, history and problems -- Oil: properties, origin, history, problems and prospects -- Natural gas: origin, history and prospects -- Energy from water and wind -- Nuclear power -- Steam power -- Electricity -- Automobiles, trucks and the internal combustion engine -- The challenge of global climate change -- Prospects for carbon capture and sequestration -- Ethanol from biomass: can it substitute for gasoline? -- Current patterns of energy use -- Vision for a low-carbon energy future. lcc BK 9688 17188 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 LL 2023-06-15 TJ163.2.M3843 2915/084/23 2023-06-15 00:00:00 1 2023-06-15 BK