TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
TI  - Energy: Perspectives, problems, and prospects
SN  - 9780195386110
AV  - TJ163.2.M3843 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
N1  - 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
ER  -