Energizing our future : rational choices for the 21st century

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Title:

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.

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This important new book presents a comprehensive review of practical alternative energy choices for the twenty-first century. It addresses three critical energy-related topics that are causing great confusion in public debate--global warming, the hydrogen economy, and nuclear power--and gives readers an opportunity to form a grounded, factually correct foundation for understanding the energy challenge and develop their own informed and actionable opinion.