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Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 How Power Density Matters
2 Quantitative Keys to Understanding Energy
Power of Rates
Power Density: Sorting Out the Rates
Typology and Caveats
3 Renewable Energy Flows
Solar Radiation and Its Conversions to Heat and Electricity
Wind and Wind-Generated Electricity
Water Power and Hydro Generation
Phytomass for Traditional and Modern Uses
Geothermal Energy
4 Fossil Fuels
Coal Extraction, Preparation, and Transport
Crude Oils, Refining, and Long-Distance Deliveries
Natural Gas, Pipelines, and Liquefied Natural Gas
5 Thermal Electricity Generation
Coal-Fired Power Plants
Hydrocarbons in Electricity Generation
Nuclear Generation
Transmission
6 Energy Uses
A Brief Historical Perspective
Hierarchy of Modern Energy Uses
The Challenges of Heat Rejection
7 Making Sense of Power Densities
Recapitulations
Comparisons
Aggregate Land Claims
8 Energy Transitions
Biofuels
Wind and Solar Electricity
What It Would Take
Appendix
References
Index
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