Future energy [electronic resource] : improved, sustainable and clean options for our planet / edited by Trevor M. Letcher.
Increasing global energy demand requires fact-based evaluations of alternative energy sources. This includes solving questions like how energy is produced, provided, and transported in sustainable ways. Solving future energy demands requires new technologies and knowledge. Decision makers, professio...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; London :
Elsevier,
©2008.
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| Summary: | Increasing global energy demand requires fact-based evaluations of alternative energy sources. This includes solving questions like how energy is produced, provided, and transported in sustainable ways. Solving future energy demands requires new technologies and knowledge. Decision makers, professionals, and people interested in energy issues in general need to know the relative importance and magnitude of various energy production methods. This book contains contributions by expert scientists and engineers on all of the sources of energy available to us now and in the near future that will enable us to take the energy decisions needed for sustaining development and dealing with climate change. - Each type of available energy is put into perspective and all realistic, future options are examined in detail - Presents theory and background, detailing the magnitude of energy involved - Written by top scientists AND engineers in the various fields. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780080548081 0080548083 9780080564876 0080564879 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |