Download or read book Energy Explained written by Vikram Janardhan and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy Explained presents a comprehensive overview of energy issues from the science, economics and public policy of electricity, oil and natural gas to the latest developments in renewable energy. Readers will learn how energy is produced, how it is bought and sold in global markets, and how it is used in modern society. Volume One concentrates on conventional energy sources, those that predominantly fuel the world we live in today, while Volume Two looks at alternative energy and how those sources work and may come to provide energy for the masses in the future.