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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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111Economics of Energy Generation and Conservation Systems
money that is worth less than 30 years earlier. This is a good illustration of the destruc-
tive effects of inflationary economic system. All producers, whether producing dairy
products or ingots of aluminum, must continuously expand their production, and thus
their energy and resource consumption, in order to even maintain a particular level of
income in real terms.
© 2008 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
TABLE 2.15 (continued)
Embedded Energy in Various Materials and Commodities
Commodity
1977 Values 1977 Values Adjusted 2008 Values
Energy Intensity
(Btu/$)
Energy Intensity
(kWh/$)
Energy Intensity ...
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ISBN: 9781466556966