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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John R Wilson; Griffin Burgh |
ISBN: | 9780471790532 0471790532 |
OCLC Number: | 140107958 |
Description: | xxvi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Introduction: Rising Energy Costs -- A Trilogy of Popular Misconception -- Global Warming -- The Hydrogen Economy (Aka, the Impossible Dream -- Nuclear Energy and the Plutonium Economy -- Energy Options for the Future -- Conventional Oil and Oil Reserves -- Coal and Bituminous REserves -- Biomass and Ethanol -- Methanol -- Diesel and Biodiesel -- Solar Energy and Photovoltaics -- Fuel Cells for Stationary and Mobile Use -- FAQ on Energy and Hydrogen -- Terms and Definitions. |
Responsibility: | John R. Wilson, Griffin Burgh. |
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Abstract:
Energizing our Future surveys and analyzes in considerable depth the present and future economic and technical viability of oil, natural gas, coal, synthetic fuel, nuclear, hydrogen, solar, biomass, wind and less well-known potential energy sources in the context of real-world production, distribution, and environmental constraints.
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This study surveys, and analyzes in considerable depth, the present and future of real-world production, distribution, and environmental constraints. ( APADE , 2009) "I greatly enjoyed this book based on its capacity to challenge, in particular, European and indeed UK thinking on energy and environmental issues .I would recommend this text." ( International Journal of Sustainable Engineering . December 2008) Read more...
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