TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mart�inez,Daniel M.
AU  - Ebenhack,Ben W.
TI  - Valuing energy for global needs: a systems approach 
T2  - Environmental engineering collection
SN  - 9781606502655
AV  - HD9502.A2 M278 2016
U1  - 333 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - New York, [New York] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Momentum Press
KW  - Power resources
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - sustainable energy
KW  - sustainable development
KW  - energy
KW  - sustainability
KW  - development
KW  - environmental sustainability
KW  - energy policy
KW  - energy transitions
KW  - energy access
KW  - energy resources
KW  - energy supply
KW  - environment
KW  - environmental
KW  - Developing World
KW  - environmental science
KW  - oil & gas
KW  - shale plays
KW  - energy systems
KW  - petroleum engineering
KW  - energy analysis
KW  - pollution
KW  - energy science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Energy's role and value -- 2. The value of energy resources -- 3. Value added and lost in energy services -- 4. Economic energy value -- 5. Resources and environmental costs -- 6. Social impacts -- 7. Framework for a new value metric -- Index; Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP; Also available in print
N2  - This book serves as a starting point for energy engineers, sustainability managers, political leaders, and properly informed citizens to explore the net value added by energy systems. Since some resources deplete and some new technologies will require time to emerge, the book takes the reader through the range of costs and benefits, considering the contexts of geography, human needs, and of time. The book takes a particularly close look at the underdeveloped world that currently lacks access to modern energy, and which is crippled by its dependence on dirty, inefficient biomass fuels to meet bare subsistence needs. The authors provide evidence for the reality that energy provides tremendous social value, ranging from the most basic survival to development, to great luxury, inevitably, at a cost. Based on this evidence the reader will be well-equipped to ask the questions: Which energy resources should be abandoned and which should be embraced as we strive for a sustainable future?
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=11152400
ER  -