Making technology work : applications in energy and the environment [E-Book] / John M. Deutch, Richard K. Lester.
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Personal Name(s): | Deutch, John M. |
Lester, Richard K. | |
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Cambridge, UK ;
Cambridge University Press,
2004
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Physical Description: |
x, 272 pages : illustrations |
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englisch |
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- Introduction
- Gasohol
- Solar thermal, windpower, and photovoltaic technologies
- Electricity from coal
- Controlling acid rain from coal-fired power plants
- Greenhouse gases and global warming
- Nuclear power and its fuel cycle
- Managing nuclear waste
- Nuclear power and weapons proliferation
- Natural gas
- Safety and risk: examples from the liquefied natural gas and nuclear industries
- Synthetic fuels
- Fuel cells for automobiles
- Energy models and statistics
- The government's role in innovation
- Conclusions.