creator text New York Oxford University Press 2010 monographic eng

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xii, 409p.: 25 cm. 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. Michael B. McElroy.- Includes index TJ163.2.M3843 9780195386110 230615 20230615110133.0