Allan Mazur

Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations

The Sociology and Technology of Energy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Allan Mazur, an engineer and a sociologist, explains energy technologies for nontechnical readers and analyses the sociology of energy. The book gives an overview of energy policy in industrialised countries including analysis of climate change, the development of electricity, forms of renewable energy and public perception of the issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780415634427
• ISBN-10: 0415634423
• Artikelnr.: 36918376

Autorenporträt

Allan Mazur, an engineer and a sociologist, is Professor of Public Affairs in the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration at Syracuse University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Big Picture 1. The Agrarian and Industrial Transformations 2.
Is the Malthusian Trap Imminent? Are Other Energy Problems More Worrisome?
3. Energy Flow in an Industrial Society 4. Energy, Electricity and Quality
of Life Part 2: Energy Sources and Consumption: Using More, and More, and
More¿ 5. Fossil Fuels 6. Non-carbon Sources of Energy 7. Was Growth of
Energy and Electricity Usage in Industrial Nations Due More to Population
Growth or to Other Causes? Part 3: Electric Power 8. Power Grids 9.
America's Three Grids Part 4: Energy Controversies 10. Rationality, Pro and
Con 11. The Dynamics of Technical Controversy 12. Mass Media and the Public
Part 5: Progress and Regress 13. Attempted Solutions 14. What Next?