Introduction to Energy

Edward S. Cassedy is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, New York. As well as the previous editions of this book, he is also the author of Prospects for Sustainable Energy: A Critical Assessment (Cambridge, 2000). Peter Z. Grossman is a Professor of Economics at Butler University, Indiana. He has published more than two hundred works, including an analytic history of American energy policy, US Energy Policy and the Pursuit of Failure (Cambridge, 2013), which was endorsed by Nobel Laureate Thomas Schelling. He is also principal author of The End of a Natural Monopoly: Deregulation and Competition in the Electric Power Industry (2003). His scholarly articles have appeared in such journals as Energy Policy, the Cato Journal and the Journal of Public Policy.

Preface; Part I. Energy Resources and Technology: 1. Introduction; 2. Energy resources; 3. Conventional conversion of energy; 4. The demand for energy; 5. Global perspectives; Part II. Power Generation: The Technology and its Effects: 6. Fossil fuels: impacts and technology; 7. Nuclear fission technology; 8. The nuclear fuel cycle, weapons proliferation and nuclear power: the next generation; 9. The economics of electric power; Part III. Energy Technology and the Future: 10. Alternative technologies; 11. Energy transition; Appendix A. Scientific principles; Appendix B. Establishing criteria for safety and health standards; Appendix C. Synopses of new technologies; Index.