Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Third Edition, 3rd Edition

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Authors

Contributors

1Introduction to Sustainable Energy

Contributing Author: Susan Krumdieck

1.1Sustainability Principles

1.1.1Energy Crisis: Security Issues

1.1.2Sustainable Development

1.1.3Sustainability Principles in Practice

1.1.4Challenges for Sustainability Engineering

1.2Carrying Capacity and Exponential Growth

1.2.1Population Issue

1.2.2Water Issue

1.2.3Food Supply Issues

1.2.4Per Capita Energy Use

1.2.5Mathematics of Exponential Growth

1.3Context for Sustainable Energy

1.3.1Historical Energy Development in the United States

1.3.2Current Energy Use

1.3.3Future Energy Scenarios for the United States

1.4Key Sustainability Considerations

1.4.1The Challenge of Climate Change

1.4.2Energy Economic ...