Energy demand and climate change: issues and resolutions

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This scientifically sound, yet easily readable book provides the fundamentals necessary to understand today's energy and climate problems and provides possible answers based on current technology such as solar, water and geothermal power. Moreover, it introduces the reader to new concepts that are already or may soon be realized, such as nuclear fusion or a hydrogen-based economy. Aimed at a wide readership ranging from educated laypeople and students to practitioners in engineering and environ…

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Full title :Energy demand and climate change : issues and resolutions / Franklin Hadley Cocks.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-VCH
Place of Publication:Weinheim
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

The Physical Object

Description:xvi, 251 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9783527324460, 3527324461
oclc:ocn262720627
LC Classification:TJ163.2
Dewey Decimal:333.79

Ancient days and modern times -- Ice ages: past and future -- Global warming versus returning glaciers -- Earth's fossil fuel supply -- Nuclear power -- Solar energy -- Wind, waves, and tides -- Going with the flow: water, dams, and hydropower -- Geothermal energy: energy from the earth itself -- Efficiency, conservation, and hybrid cars -- Energy storage: macro to micro -- Green fuel: biodiesel, alcohol, and biomass -- Breeding nuclear fuel -- Nuclear fusion: engine of the sun -- Power from the ocean: thermal and salinity gradients -- Fuel cells: hydrogen, alcohol, and coal -- Magnetohydrodynamics and power plants -- Thermionics and the single fuel home -- Artificial photosynthesis and water splitting -- Planetary engineering and terraforming -- Space solar power: energy and the final frontier -- Alternative futures.

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Climat -- Changements climate change Climatic changes Energía Energieerzeugung Energiekonsum Energieversorgung Energiförbrukning energy resources Energy-Generating Resources Erneuerbare Energien Fontes alternativas de energia Klimaänderung Klimaschutz Klimatförändringar Klimaveränderung Nachhaltigkeit Power resources Recursos energéticos Regenerative Energie