Energy Resources and Systems, Volume 1: Fundamentals and Non-Renewable Resources

by Mark A. Prelas and Tushar K. Ghosh

Book Overview

In the lifetimes of the authors, the world and especially the United States have received three significant "wake-up calls" on energy production and consumption. The first of these occurred on October 15, 1973 when the Yom Kippur War began with an attack by Syria and Egypt on Israel. The United States and many western countries supported Israel. Because of the western support of Israel, several Arab oil exporting nations imposed an oil embargo on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048123828
• ISBN13: 9789048123827
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 778 Pages
• Weight: 2.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"