Table of Contents

PART I: BACKGROUND.
1. Introduction.
2. Energy Basics.
3. Past, Present, and Future World Energy Use.
PART II: FOSSIL FUELS.
4. Fossil Fuel Resources and Use.
5. Environmental Consequences of Fossil Fuel Use.
PART III: NUCLEAR ENERGY.
6. Some Basic Nuclear Physics.
7. Energy from Nuclear Fission.
8. Energy from Nuclear Fusion.
PART IV: RENEWABLE ENERGY.
9. Direct Use of Solar Energy.
10. Electricity from Solar Energy.
11. Wind Energy.
12. Hydroelectric Energy.
13. Wave Energy.
14. Tidal Energy.
15. Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion and Ocean Salinity Gradient Energy.
16. Geothermal Energy.
17. Biomass Energy.
PART V: ENERGY STORAGE, CONSERVATION, AND TRANSPORTATION.
18. Energy Storage.
19. Energy Conservation.
20. Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs).
21. Hydrogen.
PART VI: THE FUTURE.
22. Future Prospects and Design Projects.
Appendix A: Powers of Ten.
Appendix B: Physical Constants.
Appendix C: Energy Conversion Factors.
Appendix D: Miscellaneous Conversion Factors.
Appendix E: Energy Content of Fuels.
Appendix F: R-values in Metric and British Units.
Appendix G: The Elements.
Appendix H: Table of Acronyms.

About the Author

Richard A. Dunlap is a research professor in the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University. He received a B.S. in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1974), an A.M. in Physics from Dartmouth College (1976) and a Ph.D. in Physics from Clark University (1981). Since 1981 he has been on the faculty at Dalhousie University. From 2001 to 2006 he was Killam Research Professor of Physics and from 2009 to 2015 he was Director of the Dalhousie University Institute for Research in Materials. Professor Dunlap is author of three previous textbooks: EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS: MODERN METHODS (Oxford 1988), THE GOLDEN RATIO AND FIBONACCI NUMBERS (World Scientific 1997), and AN INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS OF NUCLEI AND PARTICLES (Brooks/Cole 2004). Over the years his research interests have included critical phenomena, magnetic materials, amorphous materials, quasicrystals, hydrogen storage, superconductivity, and materials for advanced rechargeable batteries. He has published more than 300 refereed research papers.

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