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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Research on energy issues in China Research on energy issues in China Jiang, Zemin China's rapid economic expansion raises questions internally and externally about how it will acquire the energy it needs to sustain growth. Currently it is the largest producer and consumer of coal;… OL16928842W
Geo-politics of the Euro-Asia energy nexus Geo-politics of the Euro-Asia energy nexus Ali Tekin Explores how EU countries are vulnerable to energy cut-offs by Russia and how this has affected EU candidate member Turkey, which may emerge as a new and potentially more stable corridor. OL16992414W
Sustainable energy Sustainable energy Jefferson W. Tester "This textbook is designed for advanced undergraduate and graduate students as well as others who have an interest in exploring energy resource options and technologies with a view toward achieving s… OL18509422W
The boom The boom Russell Gold Fracking has vociferous critics and fervent defenders, but the debate between these camps has obscured the actual story: Fracking has become a fixture of the American landscape and the global economy… OL19977916W
Ecologics Ecologics Cymene Howe Between 2009 and 2013 Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer conducted fieldwork in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec to examine the political, social, and ecological dimensions of moving from fossil fuels to w… OL20082802W
The birth of energy The birth of energy Cara New Daggett "In The Birth of Energy Cara New Daggett traces the genealogy of contemporary notions of energy back to the nineteenth-century science of thermodynamics to challenge the underlying logic that informs… OL20229864W
The energy crisis The energy crisis Tad Szulc Discusses the energy crisis, whether or not it could have been predicted and prevented, President Carter's energy program, and the Alaskan pipeline. OL2717760W
Blood and Oil Blood and Oil Michael T. Klare "Since September 11 and the commencement of the "war on terror," the world's attention has been focused on the relationship between U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and the oceans of crude oil … OL3375130W
Renewable energy Renewable energy Daniel Deudney,Christopher Flavin Long a dream of tinkerers and visionaries, renewable energy has now come of age. Technical innovations and successful development efforts in the last decade show that humanity can meet many of its en… OL5610994W
Oil spills and the marine environment Oil spills and the marine environment Donald F. Boesch Ecological effects of oil pollution in marine environment and technological aspects of prevention, control and cleanup. OL7004322W