Energy and Transport analyzes the history of energy use and regulation from the nineteenth century through to the present, as represented by broad policy and consumption in the individual household. The relationship between energy and the evolution of energy policies, and the relationship between fuels and environmental pollution are historically reviewed. Thus these thirteen essays shed much historical light on current energy debates and root out persistent myths about energy use. ...this volume is in many respects a ...
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Energy and Transport analyzes the history of energy use and regulation from the nineteenth century through to the present, as represented by broad policy and consumption in the individual household. The relationship between energy and the evolution of energy policies, and the relationship between fuels and environmental pollution are historically reviewed. Thus these thirteen essays shed much historical light on current energy debates and root out persistent myths about energy use. ...this volume is in many respects a pioneering effort. One hopes it will stimulate further research into the wide range of questions it addresses. -- Science, 17th June 1983 The editors of this book have succeeded in gatherin
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Very good in good jacket. Publisher's black cloth in dust jacket, very good, jacket rubbed and shelfworn. With ownership signature of Joel Tarr, a well known and prolific professor of urban studies & technology at CMU; he co-authored with Kenneth E. Koons "Railroad Smoke Control: The Regulation of a Mobile Pollution Source" that appears in this volume. 287 pp.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Jacket has light edgewear, clear plastic cover over jacket. Boards have only light wear. Pages are clean, text has no markings, binding is sound.
