Net Energy Analysis and the Energy Requirements of Energy Systems

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