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The Energy Conservation Papers




Contains the following studies: Energy thrift in urban transportation: options for the future; energy, employment, and dollar impacts of alternative transportation options; energy, employment, and dollar impacts of certain consumer options; potential energy conservation from recycling metals in urban solid wastes; The potential for energy recovery from organic wastes; and energy needs for pollution control.

Williams, Robert H.
1975
381 pages


Table Of Contents
List Of Figures
List Of Tables
Preface
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Energy Thrift in Urban Transportation: Options for the Future
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Transportation Options for the Future
Scenario A: Continuation of Current Trends
Scenario B: Intervention with Transportation Technologies
Scenario C: Modifications of Life Styles and Attitudes
Energy Results and Conclusions
Concluding Remarks
Appendix a Travel Data and Its Relation to Energy Consumption
Appendix B Three Possible Decentralization Patterns, And Their Effect on Energy Consumption
Appendix C Dependence of Automobile Energy Consumption on Weight and Engine Type
Notes to Chapter Two
Chapter Three Energy, Employment and Dollar Impacts Of Alternative Transportation Options
Intercity Transport
Urban Transportation Systems
Conclusions
Appendix a Energy Intensities of Personal Consumption Activities
Notes to Chapter Three
Chapter Four Energy, Employment, and Dollar Impacts Of Certain Consumer Options
Methodology
Results
Appendix a the Effect of Interest Rates on Dollar Cost
Appendix B Energy Intensities of Personal Consumption Activities
Notes to Chapter Four
Chapter Five Potential Energy Conservation from Recycling Metals in Urban Solid Wastes
Introduction
Current Refuse Practices for Scrap Metal
Iron And Steel
Aluminum
Copper
Quality of Scrap Recovered from Urban Wastes
Energy Conservation Potential of Scrap Metal Recovery
Steel Manufacture—Ore Vs. Scrap
Aluminum MANUFACTURE—ORE VS. SCRAP
The Economics of Metals Recovery from Urban Waste
Recovery Systems Costs
Summary of Recovery Economics for Metals in Urban Waste
Policy Considerations of Metals Recovery
Appendix a the Quantity and Composition of Post-Consumer Solid Waste;* Estimates for 1971
Appendix B Economics of Metals Recovery from Mixed Wastes
Notes to Chapter Five
Chapter Six the Potential for Energy Recovery from Organic Wastes
Materials Flows
Resource Recovery Process Concepts Applicable to Organic and Mixed Organic and Inorganic Wastes
Resource Recovery Systems Concepts
Net Energy Available from Organic Wastes
Appendix a Current Generation of Organic Waste in the United States
Appendix B Notes for Model System for Energy Recovery From Agricultural Residues
Notes to Chapter Six
Chapter Seven Energy Needs for Pollution Control
Air Pollution Standards and Transportation
Fixed Source Air Pollution Control
Management of Waste Heat at Power Plants
Control of Industrial Wastewater
Agricultural and Municipal Wastes
Summary
Appendix a Input-Output Analysis
Appendix B Energy Requirements for Noncombustion Industrial Air Pollution Control
Appendix C Energy and Industrial Wastewater Treatment
Appendix D Energy Associated with Treatment of Municipal Wastes
Appendix E Energy-Conserving Waste Management Alternatives
Notes to Chapter Seven
Bibliography
Index
List Of Contributors
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