APES Ch. 12

nonrenewable

fossil fuels

joule

subsistence

work

waste

compact

energy efficiency

energy quality

second law of thermodynamics

embodied energy

transportation

secondary source of energy

energy carrier

something that can move and deliver energy in a convenient, usable form to end users

turbine

electrical grid

combined cycle

capacity

capacity factor

cogeneration

coal

petroleum

crude oil

barrel

natural gas

hydraulic fracturing

oil sands

energy intensity

Hubbert curve

peak oil

uranium

fission

fuel rods

control rods

meltdown

nuclear energy

Chernobyl

radioactive waste

becquerel

curie

nuclear fusion