This book should be of interest to students of technology

Concerns about energy security affect economic performance and political stability all over the world. Yet nowhere is this issue more critical than in Asia and the Pacific.

In this century, it is believed that crude oil and petrolem products will become very scarce and costly. Day-to-day, fuel economy of engines is getting improved and will continue to improve. However, enormous increase in number of vehicles has started dictating the demand for fuel. Gasoline and diesel will become scarce and most costly in the future. With increased use and the depletion of fossil fuels, alternative fuel technology will become more common in the coming decades.

Business leaders know that the key to competitive success is smart management of scarce resources. That's why companies allocate their financial capital so carefully. But capital today is cheap and abundant, no longer a source of advantage. The truly scarce resources now are the time, the talent, and the energy of the people in your organization--resources that are too often squandered. There's plenty of advice about how to manage them, but most of it focuses on individual actions. What's really needed are organizational solutions that can unleash a company's full productive power and enable it to outpace competitors.

There is a new cold war underway, driven by a massive geopolitical power shift to Russia that went almost unnoticed across the globe. In The Colder War: How the Global Energy Trade Slipped from America's Grasp, energy expert Marin Katusa takes a look at the ways the western world is losing control of the energy market, and what can be done about it.

IS YOUR WORKLOAD SLOWING YOU--AND YOUR CAREER--DOWN? Your inbox is overflowing. You're paralyzed because you have too much to do but don't know where to start. Your to-do list never seems to get any shorter. You leave work exhausted but have little to show for it. It's time to learn how to get the right work done. In the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Work Done

Access to efficient, sustainable energy services―and sectoral reforms that facilitate efficiency and improved access―have a key role to play in alleviating poverty in developing countries. The central objective of 'Energy Services for the World's Poor' is to cast light on this linkage, and to inform and stimulate debate on the agenda for making energy policies and energy reforms increasingly effective in reaching low-income households.

The world must move toward a more sustainable energy future, and the development of technologies that facilitate this for transport, heating, and power systems is crucial. This journal encourages papers on any aspect and scale of technologies for energy generation and/or utilization that decrease …

English for the Energy Industry can be used as a stand-alone course, for self-study using the interactive MultiROM, or alongside a coursebook such as International Express

The book presents the properties and changes of matter: physical properties, elements and molecules, changes in chemical properties. Analyze the relationships as well as the impact of temperature and energy factors on matter