Research Catalog

Title

Energy II : use conservation and supply / edited by Philip H. Abelson, Allen L. Hammond.

Publication

Washington : American Association for the Advancement of Science, c1978.

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Additional Authors

• Abelson, Philip Hauge, 1913-2004
• Hammond, Allen L.

Description

201 p. : ill.; 29 cm.

Series Statement

• Special Science compendium ; no. 6
• AAAS publication ; 78-9

Uniform Title

AAAS publication ; 78-9.

Subject

• Power resources > United States
• Energy policy > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : An interim look at energy : signs of progress / Allen L. Hammond -- I. Energy use in transition -- Process innovation and changes in industrial energy use / C.A. Berg -- Industrial energy in transition : a petrochemical perspective / R.S. Wishart -- The hobbling of coal : policy and regulatory uncertainties / R.L. Gordon -- Energy options and strategies for Western Europe / W. Hafele and W. Sassin -- Energy and resources / B. Sorensen -- Brazil : energy options and current outlook / J. Goldenberg -- Solar energy for village development / N.L. Brown and J.W. Howe -- Energy and water / J. Harte and M. El-Gasseir -- Predicting future atmospheric carbon dioxide levels / U. Seigenthaler and H. Oeschger -- II. Conservation and public policy -- U.S. energy demand : some low energy futures / CONAES Demand and Conservation Panel -- Efficient energy use and well-being : the Swedish example / L. Schipper and A.J. Lichtenberg -- Energy conservation in new housing design / J.E. Snell, P.R. Achenbach, S.R. Petersen -- Transportation energy conservation policies / E. Hirst -- Energy conservation and the consumer / B. Hannon -- Effects of federal residential energy conservation programs / E. Hirst and J. Carney -- III. Future supply in evolution -- Ocean boundaries and petroleum resources / H.D. Hedberg -- Liquid fuels from coal : from R & D to an industry / L.E. Swabb, Jr. -- Nuclear waste disposal : two social criteria / G.I. Rochlin -- The CANDU Reactor System : an appropriate technology / J.A.L. Robertson -- Solar heating and cooling / J.A. Duffie and W.A. Beckman -- Photovoltaic power systems : a tour through the alternatives / H. Kelly -- Solar biomass energy : an overview of U.S. potential / C.C. Burwell -- Fuels from biomassw : integration with food and materials systems / E.S. Lipinsky -- Solar energy and electric utilities : should they be interfaced? / J.G. Asbury and R.O. Mueller -- The Tokamak : model T fusion reactor / D. Steiner and J.F. Clarke -- Engineering limitations of fusion power plants / W.E. Parkins.

ISBN

0871683008. 0871682370

LCCN

^^^78059190^

OCLC

• 4529028
• SCSB-10003394

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Harvard Library