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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Principles of Sustainable Energy Systems, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
790 pages
30h 5m
English
CRC Press
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Transition Engineering*
When one looks back over human existence, however, it is very evident that all culture
has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the reality in which
man nds himself.
Beatrice Hinkle
The purpose of this chapter is to present the fundamental ideas and methods of tran-
sition engineering. The majority of this book has provided technical information for
renewable energy conversion. The rst chapter gave an overview of the issues with
the unsustainable exploitation of energy, water, and land, and the issues of population
growth and environmental disruption. After ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966