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Energy transitions : history, requirements, prospects

Title
  1. Energy transitions : history, requirements, prospects / Vaclav Smil.
Published by
  1. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
Author
  1. Smil, Vaclav.

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Description
  1. ix, 178 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  1. Describes the history of modern society's dependence on fossil fuels and the prospects for the transition to a nonfossil world. Vaclav Smil makes it clear that this transition will not be accomplished easily, and that it cannot be accomplished within the timetables established by the Obama administration. --from publisher description.
Subject
  1. Renewable energy sources
  2. Power resources
Contents
  1. Energy systems : their basic properties -- Global transitions : universal patterns -- National transitions : commonalities and particularities -- Coming transitions : expectations and realities.
Call number
  1. JBE 16-156
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.
Author
  1. Smil, Vaclav.
Title
  1. Energy transitions : history, requirements, prospects / Vaclav Smil.
Imprint
  1. Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, ©2010.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2010002985
ISBN
  1. 9780313381775 (alk. paper)
  2. 0313381771 (alk. paper)
  3. 9780313381782 (ebook)
  4. 031338178X (ebook)
Research call number
  1. JBE 16-156
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