Dornbirn, Austria

Energy Technology and Energy Economics

Energietechnik und Energiewirtschaft

Master's
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Energy Technology and Energy Economics at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences

Language: German and EnglishStudies in German and EnglishStudies in German and English
Subject area: engineering and engineering trades
Qualification: MSc
Master of Science, MSc
4 Semester
120 ECTS
University website: www.fhv.at

Definitions and quotes

Economics
Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
Energy
In physics, energy is the quantitative property that must be transferred to an object in order to perform work on, or to heat, the object. Energy is a conserved quantity; the law of conservation of energy states that energy can be converted in form, but not created or destroyed. The SI unit of energy is the joule, which is the energy transferred to an object by the work of moving it a distance of 1 metre against a force of 1 newton.
Technology
Technology ("science of craft", from Greek τέχνη, techne, "art, skill, cunning of hand"; and -λογία, -logia) is first robustly defined by Jacob Bigelow in 1829 as: "...principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science, and which may be considered useful, by promoting the benefit of society, together with the emolument [compensation ] of those who pursue them" .
Energy
The real key word that triggers my rage is the word "energy". When people start talking about positive or negative types, for instance, negative energy — what are you talking about? What do you mean? Let's think about it, what does energy mean? Well, we know what it means, you know, energy from petrol when it's burned and moves a car and makes it move, it's like this. "This room has positive energy." Now, where the fuck is it going, then? It's not moving. It's covering up such woolly thinking, such pathetic nonsense.
Stephen Fry on New Age use of the word "energy".
Economics
Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.
Economy is a great revenue.
Economics
Economics is, in essence, the study of poverty.
Ronald Max Hartwell, The Long Debate on Poverty (1972), p. 3
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