What You Need to Know About Energy
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Organization:National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Organization:National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Organization:National Research Council (NRC) |
| Description: | American society, with a standard of living unprecedented in human history, can attribute a large measure of its success to increasingly sophisticated uses of energy. The strength of industry, the speed of transportation, the myriad comforts and conveniences of home and workplace, and the security of the nation all derive from ever more ingenious provision and application of various sources and forms of energy. But that condition has come at a cost—to irreplaceable resources, to the environment, and to our national independence. Society has begun to question the methods we use to power modern life and to search for better alternatives. As the nationwide debate continues, it is already evident that managing energy use wisely in the 21st century will call for balancing three essential, but quite different, concerns: resources, responsibility, and security. |
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| Keywords: | energy efficiency green design energy conservation transportation liquid fuels sustainable engineering sustainability |
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America's Energy Future |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
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It is possible to request multiple copies for classroom or other nonprofit use. |
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Easy |
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Very low |
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| Publication Date: | October 2009 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12204 |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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