A collection of articles about energy and power that were originally published in Scientific American magazine. Chapter topics include fossil fuels, nuclear energy, fuel cells and energy storage, and alternative energy sources.
Content Note
1. Fossil Fuels -- "The End of Cheap Oil"/ Campbell and Laherrere -- "Oil Production in teh 21st Century"/ Anderson -- "Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas"/ Fouda -- 2. Nuclear Energy -- "Next-Generation Nuclear Power"/ Lake, Bennett, and Kotek -- "Disposing of Nuclear Waste" -- "Burial of Radioactive Waste Under the Seabed"/ Hollister and Nadis -- "Fusion"/ Furth -- 3. Fuel Cells and Energy Storage -- "On the Road to Fuel-Cell Cars"/ Ashley -- "The Power Plant in Your Basement"/ Lloyd -- "Power to the People"/ Schneider -- 4. Alternative Energy Sources -- "Flammable Ice"/ Suess, Bohrmann, Greinert, and Lausch -- "Solar Energy"/ Hoagland -- "Thermophotovoltaics"/ Coutts and Fitzgerald -- "Change in the Wind"/ Gibbs --.