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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Energy Systems: Their Basic Properties -- Resources and Prime Movers -- Conversions and Uses -- Infrastructures and Impacts -- ch. 2 Energy Transitions: Universal Patterns -- Processes and Paces: Complexities of Energy Transitions -- Grand Fuel Sequence: From Biomass to Coal and Hydrocarbons -- A New Quality: Generation of Electricity -- History of Prime Movers: From Muscles to Machines -- Quantifying the Transitions: Uncertainties and Trends -- ch. 3 National Transitions: Commonalities and Particularities -- United Kingdom and France: Great European Powers -- Netherlands and Sweden: Very Different Experiences -- United States and Russia: Energy Superpowers -- Japan and China: Asia's Leaders -- Changing Patterns: Commonalities and Exceptions -- ch. 4 Decarbonization: Progress So Far -- Slow Gains: Relative Global Decarbonization -- Inadequate Shifts: Hydrocarbons and Primary Electricity -- New Renewables: Solar Energy and Wind Electricity -- Modern Biofuels: Electricity and Liquids -- National Trajectories: Aspirations and Accomplishments -- ch. 5 Looking Ahead: Possibilities and Constraints -- Long-term Forecasts: Past Failures and New Visions -- Climate Change Challenge: How Much More CO2 Can We Emit? -- Indispensable Fossil Fuels: Steel, Cement, Ammonia, and Plastics -- Pace of Transitions: Innovations, Inertia, and Surprises -- Realistic Anticipations: More Than a Great Transition -- ch. 6 Recapitulations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-271) and index.
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2017]