Oil and the Future of Energy: Climate Repair * Hydrogen * Nuclear Fuel * Renewable and Green Sources * Energy Efficiency

by Scientific American

Book Overview

Oil and the Future of Energy brings together the most important and accessible science writing on a topic of intense public interest and concern. In addition to oil, writers cover carbon and climate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599211173
• ISBN13: 9781599211176
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.6" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A great primer on energy and fuels

I don't know what the other previous 2 star reviews were complaining about. I received this book yesterday and thought it was a great book for people wanting to learn more about not only oil but other forms of fuels and alternative fuels. This book does talk about bio-fuels as well (under "bio-mass fuels"), contrary to what one reviewer said. The diagrams were great and they even had a section in color with some great computer generated graphics/diagrams. Since it's edited by the people at Scientific American, it is not too simple, yet not too technical either. Actually, I kind of wished they "dumbed it down" for readers who are not as technically familiar with how fuels are processed. Overall, I thought it was a great primer on fuels and will allow the reader to better understand this topic.