Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Living Earth
- 3 Warmed from Above: Solar Energy
- 4 Wind, Water, and Waves: Energy from the Fluid Earth
- 5 Covered in Green: Biofuels Basics
- 6 Fossil Farming: The Geologic Underpinnings of Biofuels
- 7 The Light of an Ancient Sun: Fossil Fuel Origins
- 8 Digging for Daylight: Coal and Oil Shale
- 9 Skimming the Cream: Conventional Oil and Gas
- 10 Stuck in the Mud: Fossil Fuels That Fail to Flow
- 11 Petrified Petroleum: Oil Sand and Gas Hydrate
- 12 Water, Water, Everywhere
- 13 Primordial Power: Geothermal and Nuclear
- 14 Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Geologic Waste Disposal
- 15 How Long Is Forever? Energy and Time
- 16 Conclusions
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2015
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Living Earth
- 3 Warmed from Above: Solar Energy
- 4 Wind, Water, and Waves: Energy from the Fluid Earth
- 5 Covered in Green: Biofuels Basics
- 6 Fossil Farming: The Geologic Underpinnings of Biofuels
- 7 The Light of an Ancient Sun: Fossil Fuel Origins
- 8 Digging for Daylight: Coal and Oil Shale
- 9 Skimming the Cream: Conventional Oil and Gas
- 10 Stuck in the Mud: Fossil Fuels That Fail to Flow
- 11 Petrified Petroleum: Oil Sand and Gas Hydrate
- 12 Water, Water, Everywhere
- 13 Primordial Power: Geothermal and Nuclear
- 14 Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Geologic Waste Disposal
- 15 How Long Is Forever? Energy and Time
- 16 Conclusions
- Index
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- GeofuelsEnergy and the Earth, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015