Human survival depends on a continuing energy supply, but the need for ever-increasing amounts of energy poses a dilemma: How can we provide the benefits of energy to the population of the globe without damaging the environment, negatively affecting social stability, or threatening the well-being of future generations? The solution will lie in finding sustainable energy sources and more efficient means of converting and utilizing energy. This textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as others who have an interest in exploring energy resource options and technologies with a view toward achieving sustainability. It clearly presents the trade-offs and uncertainties inherent in evaluating and choosing different energy options and provides a framework for assessing policy solutions.Sustainable Energy includes illustrative examples, problems, references for further reading, and links to relevant Web sites. Outside the classroom, the book is a resource for government, industry, and nonprofit organizations. The first six chapters provide the tools for making informed energy choices. They examine the broader aspects of energy use, including resource estimation, environmental effects, and economic evaluations. Chapters 7-15 review the main energy sources of today and tomorrow, including fossil fuels, nuclear power, biomass, geothermal energy, hydropower, wind energy, and solar energy, examining their technologies, environmental impacts, and economics. The remaining chapters treat energy storage, transmission, and distribution; the electric power sector; transportation; industrial energy usage; commercial and residential buildings; and synergistic complex systems. Sustainable Energy addresses the challenges of integrating diverse factors and the importance for future generations of the energy choices we make today.
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简直可以说是本科毕业以来第一次如此认真地在老师指导下逐章学习一本书的内容。这是一个很宽泛很复杂的问题,要讨论它,涉及到复杂的经济学模型,全球贸易的版图,难以合作的政治光谱等等。一言难尽——但最核心的问题还是一个道德与伦理的简单问题。我认为我们每一个人都有义不容辞的责任与义务参与其中。如果你对能源与环境问题有兴趣,那么我推荐这本书。更简单的阅读选择还有,三联周刊“未来的能源”封面故事;比尔盖茨“其后... 简直可以说是本科毕业以来第一次如此认真地在老师指导下逐章学习一本书的内容。这是一个很宽泛很复杂的问题,要讨论它,涉及到复杂的经济学模型,全球贸易的版图,难以合作的政治光谱等等。一言难尽——但最核心的问题还是一个道德与伦理的简单问题。我认为我们每一个人都有义不容辞的责任与义务参与其中。如果你对能源与环境问题有兴趣,那么我推荐这本书。更简单的阅读选择还有,三联周刊“未来的能源”封面故事;比尔盖茨“其后经济与人类未来”。 以上,作为我微不足道的公民贡献的开端。 (展开)