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Traveling the power line : from the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy /
In our power-hungry world, all the talk about energy - what's safe and what's risky, what's clean and what's dirty, what's cheap and what's easy - tends to generate more heat than light. What, the author wanted to know, is the real story on power production in this coun...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Our sustainable future.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Of megawatts and meadowlarks : a Wyoming wind farm
- Angels and monsters : a Wyoming coal-fired power plant
- Fission and fishing : a Nebraska nuclear power plant
- Solids, liquids, and gases : a Texas gas field
- Homegrown revolution : an Iowa biomass research facility
- Journey a little way into the Earth : a Utah geothermal plant
- Water, water, everywhere : a Kentucky hydropower plant
- Don't let the sun go down, without capturing its energy : a Nevada solar-thermal power plant
- Harnessing the moon : a Maine tidal power project.