Energy transitions : history, requirements, prospects / Vaclav Smil
By: Smil, Vaclav.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010Description: ix, 178 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780313381775(alk. paper).Subject(s): Renewable energy sources | Power resourcesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-166) and index
Energy systems : their basic properties -- Global transitions : universal patterns -- National transitions : commonalities and particularities -- Coming transitions : expectations and realities
Describes the history of modern society's dependence on fossil fuels and the prospects for the transition to a nonfossil world. Vaclav Smil makes it clear that this transition will not be accomplished easily, and that it cannot be accomplished within the timetables established by the Obama administration. --from publisher description