{"product_id":"energy-and-the-environment-james-a-fay-9780199765133","title":"Energy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles","description":"Now thoroughly updated in its second edition, \u003cem\u003eEnergy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles \u003c\/em\u003eaddresses a central problem of urban-industrial society--the interconnectedness of energy usage and environmental degradation--by examining how the rapidly growing use of energy threatens the natural environment at local, regional, and global scales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAuthors James A. Fay and Dan S. Golomb describe fossil, nuclear, and renewable energy technologies and explain their efficiencies for transforming source energy to useful mechanical or electrical power. In particular, they emphasize electric power and the use of transportation vehicles, whose technological improvements increase energy efficiency and reduce air pollutant emissions. Fay and Golomb also analyze the source of toxic emissions to air, water, and land that arise from energy uses and their effects on environmental quality. They pay special attention to global climate change, the contribution made to it by energy uses, and the salient technologies that are being developed to mitigate this effect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIdeal for upper-level undergraduate and first-year graduate students, as well as professionals in the fields of energy and environmental sciences and technology, \u003cem\u003eEnergy and the Environment: Scientific and Technological Principles\u003c\/em\u003e, Second Edition, equips readers with the basic factual knowledge needed to develop solutions to these environmental problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James A. Fay, Daniel S. Golomb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199765138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199765133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.60w x 0.90d","brand":"James A. Fay","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44790033416447,"sku":"9780199765133","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2d4a190-3593-4342-99a8-24fa7bdd4b9e.jpg?v=1707287763","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/energy-and-the-environment-james-a-fay-9780199765133","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}