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Title Oil and the future of energy : climate repair, hydrogen, nuclear fuel, renewable and green sources, energy efficiency / the editors of Scientific American.

Imprint Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2007.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.79 Oi5 2007    ---  Available
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  333.79 Oil    ---  Available
Description vii, 239 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Note At head of title: Scientific American.
Includes index.
Contents Pt. 1. The Era of oil and coal. End of cheap oil / Colin J. Campbell and Jean H. Laherrere -- End of oil / Paul Raeburn -- Oil production in the 21st century / Roger N. Anderson -- Arctic oil and wildlife refuge / W. Wayt Gibbs -- Climate repair manual / Gary Stix -- Defusing the global warming time bomb / James Hansen -- Capturing greenhouse gases / Howard Herzog, Baldur Eliasson and Olav Kaarstad -- Can we bury global warming? / Robert H. Socolow -- Plan to keep carbon in check / Robert H. Socolow and Stephen W. Pacala -- What to do about coal / David G. Hawkins, Daniel A. Lashof and Robert H. Williams -- Soccer goes green / Gunjan Sinha -- Pt. 2. The future of energy. Next-generation nuclear power / James A. Lake, Ralph G. Bennett and John F. Kotek -- Workings of an ancient nuclear reactor / Alex P. Meshik -- Smarter use of nuclear waste / William H. Hannum, Gerald E. Marsh and George S. Stanford -- Nuclear option / John M. Deutch and Ernest J. Moniz -- Power plant in your basement / Alan C. Lloyd -- Ultimate clean fuel / Julie Wakefield -- Questions about a hydrogen economy / Matthew L. Wald -- Power grid for the hydrogen economy / Paul M. Grant, Chauncey Starr and Thomas J. Overbye -- High hopes for hydrogen / Joan Ogden -- Liquid fuels from natural gas / Safaa A. Fouda -- Pumping coal / Gunjan Sinha -- Vehicle of change / Lawrence D. Burns ... [et al.] -- Fueling our transportation future / John B. Heywood -- Waste of energy / The editors -- More profit with less carbon / Amory B. Lovins -- Efficient solution / Eberhard K. Jochem -- In pursuit of the ultimate lamp / M. George Craford, Nick Holonyak and Frederick A. Kish -- Power-thrifty PCs / Steven Ashley -- Turning green / Tim Beardsley -- Rise of renewable energy / Daniel M. Kammen -- Solar energy / William Hoagland -- More power to solar / George Musser -- Blowing out to sea / Wendy Williams -- When blade meets bat / Wendy Williams -- Plan B for energy / W. Wayt Gibbs.
Subject Power resources.
Petroleum.
Energy industries.
Global warming.
Added Title Scientific American oil and the future of energy
Scientific American Magazine.
ISBN 1599211173 (pbk.)
9781599211176 (pbk.)
Standard No. QBX qbi07001694

 
    
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