Energy plays a fundamental role in shaping the human condition.Peoples need for energy is essential for survival, so it is not surprising that energy production and consumption are some of the most important activities of human life. Indeed, it has been ar…
A Short History of Energy The Old Days Before the industrial revolution, our energy needs were modest. For heat, we relied on the sun—and burned wood, straw, and dried dung when the sun failed us. For transportation, the muscle of horses and the power of …
Economic and technological development is linked with shifts in sources of energy. The tendency has been the adoption sources that have a higher energy content, as the shift from coal (solid) to oil (liquid) and natural gas (gas) indicates. This shift can …
Modern energy services are crucial to human well-being and to a country’s economic development. Access to modern energy is essential for the provision of clean water, sanitation and healthcare and for the provision of reliable and efficient lighting, heat…
There is growing recognition that modern energy is crucial to achieving a range of social and economic goals relating to poverty, health, education, equality and environmental sustainability, and this recognition is reflected in a number of new i…
making energy supply secure and curbing energys contribution to climate change are often referred as the two over-riding challenges faced by the energy sector on the road to a sustainable future.使能源供应安全和遏制气候变化的能源的贡献往往被称为道路上所面临…