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Energy, the environment and climate change /

This book is a comprehensive account of all significant energy sources, evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety and effects on the environment. Non-renewable sources (for example, coal, oil, gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood, hydro, biomass, win...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hodgson, P. E. (Peter Edward)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The energy crisis
  • Non-renewable energy sources
  • Renewable energy sources
  • Nuclear power
  • The safety of energy sources
  • Pollution of the environment
  • Climate change
  • Politics, psychology and education
  • The needs of the developing countries
  • Moral problems and responses.