Net Energy Analysis and the Energy Requirements of Energy Systems Book

Foreword by Alvin M. Weinberg

Part I: Energy Systems

Introduction

Man's Use of Energy

Locations and Concentrations of Energy

Energy--When and at What Rate?

The Energy Services

Part II: Valuations of Energy

National and International Energy Statistics

The Physicist's Approach

Valuation of Energy in Engineering

The Role of Energy in Economics

The View of the Conservationist

Part III: Methods of Cumulative Energy Accounting

A Short History of Energy Accounting

Useful Questions in Energy Accounting

Problems in Applying Net-Energy Analysis

Process Analysis and the Input-Output Method

Schools of Net-Energy Analysis

Indexes of Systems' Performance and Sankey Diagrams

Part IV: Energy Accounting of Energy Carriers

Electricity-Producing Systems

Fuel-Producing Systems

Part V: Energy Accounting of Energy Services

Direct and Indirect Energy Requirements of Transport Systems

Process Heat and Mechanical Drive

Warm Water and Space Heat

Part VI: Concluding Remarks

Purpose and Method

Answers and Partial Answers to Some Policy Questions