Kilowatt Counter

A Consumers Guide to Energy Concepts, Quantities, and Uses

Published by the Alternative Sources of Power, 1975. Copyright Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

Contents

• Introduction (183K .pdf)
• Chapter 1 (661K .pdf)
  What is Energy?
  Forms of Energy
  Conservation of Energy
  Potential Energy
  Energy Units
  Heat Units
  Mechanical Units
  Electrical Units
  Power
  Converting Between Units
  Energy Awareness Problems
  Surveying Your Home
• Chapter 2 (814K .pdf)
  Society and Energy
  Fossil Fuels
  Resource Depletion
  Exponential Growth
  Net Energy
  Efficiency and Waste Heat
  Energy Awareness Problems
  Nuclear Energy
• Chapter 3 (466K .pdf)
  Alternative Sources of Energy
  Solar Energy
  Energy Awareness Problems
  Wind Energy
  Solic Wastes and Organic Matter
• Chapter 4 (234K .pdf)
  Testing Your Energy Awareness
  
• Appendix (144K .pdf)
  Scientific Notation
  Answers
  Credits