| Energy, the Environment and Climate Change Contributor(s): E, Hodgson Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848164165 ISBN-13: 9781848164161 Publisher: Imperial College Press OUR PRICE: $55.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Energy - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - General - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) |
| Dewey: 333.79 |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |