Imperial College Press
Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
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9781848164161
ISBN13:
9781848164161
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$64.59
Energy, the Environment and Climate Change
$64.59
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.
| Author: Peter E. Hodgson |
| Publisher: Imperial College Press |
| Publication Date: Mar 24, 2010 |
| Number of Pages: 224 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1848164165 |
| ISBN-13: 9781848164161 |
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