America's energy future : technology and transformation /

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"Energy touches our lives in countless ways and its costs are felt when we fill up at the gas pump, pay our home heating bills, and keep businesses both large and small running. There are long-term costs as well: to the environment, as natural resources are depleted and pollution contributes to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Academy of Engineering. Committee on America's Energy Future
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2009.
Series:America's energy future series.
Subjects:
Power resources > United States.
Energy policy > United States.
Energy conservation.
Conservation of Energy Resources
Ressources énergétiques > États-Unis.
Politique énergétique > États-Unis.
Économies d'énergie.
energy conservation.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Power Resources > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Energy.
SCIENCE > Energy.
Energy conservation
Energy policy
Power resources
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Context and challenges
  • Key findings
  • Key results from technology assessments
  • Energy efficiency
  • Alternative transportation fuels
  • Renewable energy
  • Fossil-fuel energy
  • Nuclear energy
  • Electricity transmission and distribution
  • Appendixes.

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