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Energy: conversion and utilization

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OSTI ID:6213867
The introduction provides a quantitative perspective of energy consumption. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of fossil fuel reserves. The following chapters are then presented: (1) terrestrial limitations, (2) thermodynamic limitations, (3) electrical energy from fossil fuels, (4) fission, (5) fusion, (6) solar energy, (7) water, wind, and geothermal power, and (8) energy usage and the United States economy. (MOW)
OSTI ID:
6213867
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010000 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat
14 SOLAR ENERGY
140000* -- Solar Energy
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150000 -- Geothermal Energy
17 WIND ENERGY
170000 -- Wind Energy
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210000 -- Nuclear Power Plants
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700000 -- Fusion Energy
ENERGY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY SOURCES
FISSION
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOLAR ENERGY
THERMODYNAMICS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
WATER
WIND