Future of Fossil Fuels (eBook)

From Hubbert's Peak

Kenneth S. Deffeyes (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2008
30 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4113-4 (ISBN)

Infos

As debates about the effects of fossil fuels on our climate and foreign policy intensify, the question of just how much longer we can depend on this finite source of energy becomes more and more pressing. This selection from Hubbert's Peak, the leading book on the limits of our oil supply, forecasts what the future will bring for fossil fuels and what the alternatives are likely to be. Princeton Shorts are brief selections excerpted from influential Princeton University Press publications produced exclusively in eBook format. They are selected with the firm belief that while the original work remains an important and enduring product, sometimes we can all benefit from a quick take on a topic worthy of a longer book. In a world where every second counts, how better to stay up-to speed on current events and digest the kernels of wisdom found in the great works of the past? Princeton Shorts enables you to be an instant expert in a world where information is everywhere but quality is at a premium. The Future of Fossil Fuels does just that.

Autor

Kenneth S. Deffeyes is professor emeritus at Princeton University. Prior to teaching, he worked alongside M. King Hubbert at the Shell Oil research laboratory in Houston.

Produkt-Details

• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Shorts
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Shorts
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Air Conditioning • aircraft engine • Aluminium • Anadarko Basin • antimony • Barrel (unit) • Boiling • BY-PRODUCT • Calculation • CANDU reactor • Chernobyl disaster • Deuterium • downtime • Driller (oil) • Drilling • Drilling Rig • E-Book • Electric bill • electricity • Electricity Generation • Electric Power • energy crisis • Energy Density • Energy development • Engineering • engineering design process • Eugene Wigner • Fossil fuel • Fossil-fuel power station • fuel • gas turbine • Geology • Geothermal Energy • Halliburton • heavy water • Hoop skirt • hot Spring • Hubbert peak theory • Hydraulic Fracturing • Hydroelectricity • hydropower • implementation • Internal Combustion Engine • Isobutane • Kenneth S. Deffeyes • kitimat • microwave • mountain range • Natural gas • Natural nuclear fission reactor • Natural Uranium • Nonrenewable energy sources • Northern Australia • nuclear fission • Nuclear power • Nuclear power plant • nuclear proliferation • nuclear reactor • nuclear submarine • nuclear weapon • oil field • Oklo • Petroleum • Petroleum industry • plowshare • Plutonium • Pore • Pounds per square inch • Publication • pumped-storage hydroelectricity • radioactive waste • raw material • renewable resource • seawater • semiconductor • Silicon • Solar cell • Solar energy • Solar power • Supply (economics) • Technology • Ted Taylor (physicist) • The Geysers • toilet seat • Tuff • Turbine • united states department of energy • Uranium-235 • U.S. Geothermal • volcanic rock • Volumetric flow rate • Wairakei • waste heat • Water Heating • Weapons-grade • What the Future • Wind Power • World War II • Zero emission
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4113-5 / 1400841135
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4113-4 / 9781400841134