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1: Great Read
A great book if you are interested in sustainable energy technologies and the ways the affect our world.
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2: Well written but somewhat dated
This was a well written text book that gives an introduction to a great number of important fields. It does a particularly good job giving a fair treatment to some options that are often overlooked in books on sustainable energy such as geothermal and nuclear energy. It also gives a good background in the economics of electricity and liquid fuels.
It is however already quite dated. The book was published right before the price of oil started to soar, and completely didn't see it coming. Many statements support the idea that oil will be cheap for many decades to come. They certainly were not alone in not seeing this coming, but it is sometimes hard to take them seriously on other subjects when they keep referring back to the low price of oil.
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3: pretty useless book
Unfortunately, I bought this book for a class before realizing that I could have managed just as well by getting all the information that I needed from the internet and saving myself $70. The book lacks depth and could have been better organized. Having already some knowledge about sustainability and energy issues, I found that I could more efficiently answer any questions I had about sustainable energy issues by searching online. There is so much information online and much of it comes from reputable sources, such as the Energy Information Administration.
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4: Useful
Useful book to collect all in one the main subjects about the topic. Useful handbook to have at hand a rigorous point to start to study the subject without loosing between information.
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