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Energy, the Environment and Climate Change

English · Hardback

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Klappentext 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, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal, and tidal; are considered. Also, nuclear radiations and the disposal of nuclear waste and the future of nuclear power are assessed, as well as pollution and acid rain, the greenhouse effects and climate change. Its social, political and moral problems are discussed, with a special mention of the opposition to nuclear power. Zusammenfassung Presents an account of significant energy sources! evaluated according to their capacity! reliability! cost! safety and effects on the environment. This book considers non-renewable sources (for example! coal! oil! gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood! hydro! biomass! wind! solar! geothermal! ocean thermal! and tidal.

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Authors Peter E Hodgson, Peter E (Univ of Oxford Hodgson, Peter E. Hodgson, Hodgson Peter E, Peter E Hodgson
Publisher Imperial College Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 31.05.2009
 
EAN 9781848164154
ISBN 978-1-84816-415-4
No. of pages 224
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Miscellaneous

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