| Description |
xv, 323 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Contemporary world issues |
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Contemporary world issues.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Background and history. Current energy sources -- Projected outlook for worldwide energy demand and consumption -- Renewable and alternative energy technologies -- Alternative energy -- Problems, controversies, and solutions. Problems -- Controversies: Viability of renewable and alternative energy technologies, Nuclear power, Energy conservation, Oil topping point, Global warming, Economic and political problems -- Solutions: Broad advantages of renewable and alternative energy, Technical solutions, Policy solutions -- Global perspectives -- Woldwide perspective. Europe -- Asia and Oceania -- Africa and the Middle East -- North America -- South America -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches. William Grylls Adams -- Svante Arrhenius -- Jacques-Arsene d'Arsonval -- Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel -- Elliott Berman -- Homi Jehangir Bhabha -- Frank Bridgers -- Gro Harlem Brundtland -- Jimmy Carter -- Georges Claude -- Arthur Compton -- Georges Jean Marie Darrieus -- Rudolph Diesel -- Thomas Alva Edison -- John Ericsson -- Michael Faraday -- Enrico Fermi -- Benoit Fourneyron -- Charles Fritts -- Arnold J. Goldman -- Albert A. Gore, Jr. -- William R. Grove -- Subhendu Guha -- John Burden Sanderson Haldane -- James E. Hansen -- William Heronemus -- M. King Hubbert -- Jeremy Leggett -- Amory Bloch Lovins -- Auguste Mouchout -- Willie Nelson -- Roger Revelle -- Frank Shuman -- Lyman Spitzer, Jr. -- Robert Stirling -- Alexander T.B. Stuart -- Hans Eduward Suess -- Leo Szilard -- Tom Udall -- Data and documents. Worldwide data -- U.S. data -- Environmental impacts -- Directory of organizations. Nongovernmental organizations -- Research institutes -- Associations -- U.S. government agencies -- International agencies -- Resources. |
| Subject |
Renewable energy sources -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Taylor, Katrina D.
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| ISBN |
9781598840896 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
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1598840894 (hard cover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NZ1 12457978 |
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AU@ 000042967170 |
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