The Resource Energy transitions : global and national perspectives, Vaclav Smil
Energy transitions : global and national perspectives, Vaclav Smil
Resource Information
The item Energy transitions : global and national perspectives, Vaclav Smil represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Energy transitions : global and national perspectives, Vaclav Smil represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- This book provides a detailed, global examination of energy transitions, supplying a long-term historical perspective, an up-to-date assessment of recent and near-term advances in energy production technology and implementation, and an explanation of why efforts to limit global warming and to shift away from fossil fuels have been gradual. * Presents historical coverage of energy production, energy use, and key technical and economic factors that affect the currently unfolding transitions * Offers insightful analysis of energy transitions on both the national and global scale to explain the possibilities and limitations of the process. Supplies a critical appraisal of new renewable conversions that makes clear their advantages and potential benefits as well as their inherent unavoidable limitations * Enables general readers to gain an in-depth understanding of energy transitions from the perspective of an acclaimed scientist with expertise in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, technical innovation, and public policy
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xi, 282 pages
- Contents
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- Energy Systems: Their Basic Properties
- Energy Transitions: Universal Patterns
- National Transitions: Commonalities and Particularities
- Decarbonization: Progress So Far
- Looking Ahead: Possibilities and Constraints
- Recapitulations
- Isbn
- 9781440853241
- Label
- Energy transitions : global and national perspectives
- Title
- Energy transitions
- Title remainder
- global and national perspectives
- Statement of responsibility
- Vaclav Smil
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book provides a detailed, global examination of energy transitions, supplying a long-term historical perspective, an up-to-date assessment of recent and near-term advances in energy production technology and implementation, and an explanation of why efforts to limit global warming and to shift away from fossil fuels have been gradual. * Presents historical coverage of energy production, energy use, and key technical and economic factors that affect the currently unfolding transitions * Offers insightful analysis of energy transitions on both the national and global scale to explain the possibilities and limitations of the process. Supplies a critical appraisal of new renewable conversions that makes clear their advantages and potential benefits as well as their inherent unavoidable limitations * Enables general readers to gain an in-depth understanding of energy transitions from the perspective of an acclaimed scientist with expertise in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, technical innovation, and public policy
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smil, Vaclav
- Dewey number
- 333.79
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TJ808
- LC item number
- .S64 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Renewable energy sources
- Power resources
- Label
- Energy transitions : global and national perspectives, Vaclav Smil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Energy Systems: Their Basic Properties -- Energy Transitions: Universal Patterns -- National Transitions: Commonalities and Particularities -- Decarbonization: Progress So Far -- Looking Ahead: Possibilities and Constraints -- Recapitulations
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xi, 282 pages
- Isbn
- 9781440853241
- Lccn
- 2016035198
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- ocn955778608
- (OCoLC)955778608
- Label
- Energy transitions : global and national perspectives, Vaclav Smil
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Energy Systems: Their Basic Properties -- Energy Transitions: Universal Patterns -- National Transitions: Commonalities and Particularities -- Decarbonization: Progress So Far -- Looking Ahead: Possibilities and Constraints -- Recapitulations
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Extent
- xi, 282 pages
- Isbn
- 9781440853241
- Lccn
- 2016035198
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- ocn955778608
- (OCoLC)955778608
Library Locations
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