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Energy Chronicles
Keys to understanding the importance of energy
Greg De Temmerman
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Also available in French
The essential story of the different facets of energy, where we come from, where we are now, and how we can look to the future.
Description
Who knows how much energy 1 joule represents? How much oil does it take to make a mobile phone? How much coal is used in the world? Despite all the debate about this crucial subject, most of us are in fact “energy blind”. We often talk about energy without fully appreciating what it means today, or how central it is to all human evolution. This book provides the keys to understanding energy in a fun, short chronicle format.
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The author
Greg De Temmerman is an energy physicist with a PhD in experimental physics from the University of Basel in Switzerland. He worked in different countries (United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands) before joining the ITER project in 2014 as Scientific Coordinator. Author of more than 230 articles in scientific journals, he is passionate about energy issues. From 2020 to 2023, he led the think tank Zenon Research. He is now Chief Science Officer for the Quadrature Climate Foundation in London. He is also a research associate at MINES Paris – PSL, and a regular columnist for Illuminem.
Table of contents
Introduction
Chronicle One – The Basics of Energy
What is energy?
Power and Energy
Energy is complicated
Embodied Energy
Chronicle Two – Energy in All its Forms
The Greenhouse Effect
Sun and Wind
Chronicle Three – Primary, Final and Renewable (or not) Energy
Final Energy
Renewable or Non-Renewable Energy
Chronicle Four – A Brief History of Our Relationship with Energy
The human body: physical capacities and limits
Increasing Energy Use
Ever-increasing Available Power
Man as a Force of Nature
Chronicle Five – A Fossil-Fuel Civilisation
King coal
Ever-increasing Dependence
And Man Became Hyper-Mobile
Chronicle Six – The Difficulty of an Energy Transition
The Need to Change Our Energy System
A Strong Addiction to Fossil Fuels
Chronicle Seven – It all goes fast but nothing changes
The Rapid Development of Certain Technologies
Energy Transitions are Inherently Slow
Chronicle Eight – Energy and Electricity
Load Factor
The Role of Electricity in the Future
Chronicle Nine – Solutions and precautions
Hydrogen: a Poorly Addressed Topic
Nuclear Fusion or the Myth of Unlimited Energy
The Rebound Effect
Conclusion
Critics
Additional information
| Weight | 151 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 15,6 × 2 × 23,4 cm |
| ISBN French print | 978-2-493291-24-0 |
| Number of pages French | 74 |
| ISBN English print | 978-2-493291-27-1 |
| Number of pages English | 64 |
| Language | English, French |
| Format | Digital, Paper |
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