Energizing our future : rational choices for the 21st century
by
Wilson, John R.
Title
:
Energizing our future : rational choices for the 21st century
Author
:
Wilson, John R.
ISBN
:
9780471790532
Personal Author
:
Wilson, John R.
Publication Information
:
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, c2008.
Physical Description
:
xxvi, 390 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series
:
Wiley InterScience
Contents
:
Pt. I. A Trilogy of Popular Misconceptions -- 1. Global Warming -- 2. The Hydrogen Economy (AKA, the Impossible Dream) -- 3. Nuclear Energy and the Plutonium Economy -- Pt. II. Energy Options for the Future -- 4. Conventional Oil and Oil Reserves -- 5. Coal and Bituminous Reserves -- 6. Biomass and Ethan -- 7. Methanol -- 8. Diesel and BioDiesel -- 9. Solar Energy and Photovoltaics -- 10. Fuel Cells for Stationary and Mobile Use.
Abstract
:
"Energizing our Future surveys and analyzes in considerable depth the present and future economic and technical viability of oil, natural gas, coal, synthetic fuel, nuclear, hydrogen, solar, biomass, wind and less well-known potential energy sources in the context of real-world production, distribution, and environmental constraints."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Power resources.
Added Author
:
Burgh, Griffin.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025411121 | 333.79 W749E 2008 | 1 |