Energy systems and sustainability / 
Subtitle from cover:  Power for a sustainable future 
edited by Godfrey Boyle, Bob Everett and Janet Ramage. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press in association with the Open University,  2012. 
 - xvii, 619 p. :  col. ill. ;  27 cm. 
<br/><br/> "This book was produced as a major component of the Open University's second level undergraduate course T206 Energy for a Sustainable Future."--P. v.  First published in 2003. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introductory overview -- Primary energy -- What do we use energy for? -- Forms of energy -- Coal -- Heat to motive power -- Oil and gas -- Oil and gas engines -- Electricity -- Nuclear power -- The future of nuclear power -- Costing energy -- Penalties: Assessing the environmental and health  impacts of energy use -- Remedies: Making fossil fuel use more sustainable. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199593743(pbk.) 9780199593743(pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Renewable energy sources.<br/>Power resources--Environmental aspects.<br/>Energy policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TJ808  / ENE 2012