The end of energy obesity : breaking today's energy addiction for a prosperous and secure tomorrow /...
The end of energy obesity : breaking today's energy addiction for a prosperous and secure tomorrow /...
The end of energy obesity : breaking today's energy addiction for a prosperous and secure tomorrow / Peter Tertzakian with Keith Hollihan.
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Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
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N333.79/167
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English
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xv, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Pt. 1: The making of our energy appetite. After the banquet ; Whetting the energy appetite ; The first principle of energy consumption ; The world's factory -- Pt. 2: Elusive solutions. Breaking our energy diet ; Price and value ; Eating our efficiencies ; Complex carbons ; The maddening allure of t...
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Publisher
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2009.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
c2009.
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Summary
Nearly everything that defines our way of life requires energy-consuming devices, from cars, planes, trains, and air conditioning to lights and computers. And our global appetite for energy keeps growing as population and wealth obliges consumption on an unfathomable scale. Energy economist Peter Tertzakian explores how the world can reduce its ene...
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The end of energy obesity : breaking today's energy addiction for a prosperous and secure tomorrow / Peter Tertzakian with Keith Hollihan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-287) and index.
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c2009.
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N333.79/167
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74VvOWxGKaDA
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ISBN
0470435445 (cloth)
9780470435441 (cloth)
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333.79
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991008497189702626
