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Alternative energy resources : the quest for sustainable energy / Paul Kruger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], c2006.Description: xxiv, 248 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780471772088 (hbk.) :
  • 9780471772088 (cased)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 621.042 KRU
LOC classification:
  • TJ808 .K78 2006
Contents:
1.Human ecology on spaceship earth -- 2.The unending quest for abundant energy -- 3.The fossil fuel era -- 4.Sustainability of energy resources -- 5.Environmental impact of energy consumption -- 6.The nuclear energy era -- 7.Renewable energy resources -- 8.Hydrogen as an energy carrier -- 9.Hydrogen as a transportation fuel -- 10.The hydrogen fuel era.
Summary: Exploring humanity's increasing need for energy and the various energy sources that might provide our needs into the future, given the need to move away from petroleum, the author analyses the various alternative energy sources and proposes the use of nuclear energy to meet our hydrogen needs.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 621.042 KRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 09/11/2017 207697

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1.Human ecology on spaceship earth -- 2.The unending quest for abundant energy -- 3.The fossil fuel era -- 4.Sustainability of energy resources -- 5.Environmental impact of energy consumption -- 6.The nuclear energy era -- 7.Renewable energy resources -- 8.Hydrogen as an energy carrier -- 9.Hydrogen as a transportation fuel -- 10.The hydrogen fuel era.

Exploring humanity's increasing need for energy and the various energy sources that might provide our needs into the future, given the need to move away from petroleum, the author analyses the various alternative energy sources and proposes the use of nuclear energy to meet our hydrogen needs.

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