Energy is an invisible essence which permeates everything you do. In human terms energy is involved in your standard of living, money, politics, pollution, and terrorism. Many facts about energy you already know - petroleum, kilowatt hours, windmills, food, sunshine, and so on - but we will talk about relationships among those facts which may surprise you and give you insight into what is going on right under your noses.
When you eat, you get the energy which keeps you warm and lets you climb steps. When you flip a switch, you get the energy to light your house. When you put gasoline into your car, you get the energy to drive. When you think, the cells in your brain communicate with each other with some of the energy you get when you eat.
The amount of energy we use costs a lot of money; energy is a major component in private, business, and government budgets.
Power is what domestic and international politics is about, and power over the sources of energy is of vital importance to each of us.
Getting energy from several important sources releases pollution into the air, ground, and water so great efforts are made to prevent, or at least to minimize, pollution. Furthermore there are many pollutions from other than energy sources and great efforts are made to attack them.
Terrorists use energy for destruction and are supported by energy money, especially by the profits of Saudi Arabia from the sale of its oil. These profits not only started bin Laden on his way but started and still fund al Qaeda and started and still fund the mosques and madrases which teach hatred of America. 70% of all the known oil reserves of the world lie under the Arabian peninsula and there is an American army sitting in Saudi Arabia guarding it.
We naturally assume that large amounts of energy are more important than small amounts. Not so. If you think of a100 watt bulb as a typical power user, then a millionth of a millionth of that power is used every time one of your brain cells signals to another brain cell, or your cellular telephone receives words from a different cellular telephone. We will talk about energy in many sizes.
Chapter 1. What Is Energy?
Chapter 2. How Do We Use Energy?
Chapter 3. Energy Conservation
Chapter 4. Where does Our Energy Come From?
Chapter 5. How Do We Store Energy?
Chapter 6. How Do We Transport Energy?
Chapter 7. Energy Morphing
Chapter 8. Pollution
Chapter 9. Government
Chapter 10. Energy Numbers And Statistics
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