Energy Resources Book

	Preface	ix
Chapter 1	The Historical Perspective	1
Chapter 2	What is Energy?	9
Chapter 3	Ways We Use Energy	17
Chapter 4	Coal	33
Chapter 5	Oil	49
Chapter 6	Natural Gas	67
Chapter 7	The Heat Energy of the Underground	75
Chapter 8	Power from Sunshine	83
Chapter 9	The Energy of Running Waters	95
Chapter 10	To Catch the Wind	105
Chapter 11	Atomic Energy	111
Chapter 12	Fusion, the Promise of Limitless Power	125
Chapter 13	Other Techniques of Energy Conversion	131
Chapter 14	The Challenge	145
	Problems to Ponder	151
	References	157
	Index	163