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" Renewable and alternative energy resources : "
Zachary A. Smith and Katrina D. Taylor
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BL
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687434
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b509623
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| Main Entry
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Smith, Zachary A., (Zachary Alden),1953-
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Renewable and alternative energy resources : : a reference handbook /\ Zachary A. Smith and Katrina D. Taylor
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Santa Barbara, Calif. :: ABC-CLIO,, c2008
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| Series Statement
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Contemporary world issues
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xv, 323 p. ;; 24 cm
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1598840894 (hard cover : alk. paper)
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: 1598840908 (ebook)
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: 9781598840896 (hard cover : alk. paper)
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: 9781598840902 (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Background and history. Current energy sources -- Projected outlook for worldwide energy demand and consumption -- Renewable and alternative energy technologies -- Alternative energy -- Problems, controversies, and solutions. Problems -- Controversies: Viability of renewable and alternative energy technologies, Nuclear power, Energy conservation, Oil topping point, Global warming, Economic and political problems -- Solutions: Broad advantages of renewable and alternative energy, Technical solutions, Policy solutions -- Global perspectives -- Worldwide perspective. Europe -- Asia and Oceania -- Africa and the Middle East -- North America -- South America -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches. William Grylls Adams -- Svante Arrhenius -- Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval -- Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel -- Elliott Berman -- Homi Jehangir Bhabha -- Frank Bridgers -- Gro Harlem Brundtland -- Jimmy Carter -- Georges Claude -- Arthur Compton -- Georges Jean Marie Darrieus -- Rudolph Diesel -- Thomas Alva Edison -- John Ericsson -- Michael Faraday -- Enrico Fermi -- Benoit Fourneyron -- Charles Fritts -- Arnold J. Goldman -- Albert A. Gore, Jr. -- William R. Grove -- Subhendu Guha -- John Burden Sanderson Haldane -- James E. Hansen -- William Heronemus -- M. King Hubbert -- Jeremy Leggett -- Amory Bloch Lovins -- Auguste Mouchout -- Willie Nelson -- Roger Revelle -- Frank Shuman -- Lyman Spitzer, Jr. -- Robert Stirling -- Alexander T.B. Stuart -- Hans Eduard Suess -- Leo Szilard -- Tom Udall -- Data and documents. Worldwide data -- U.S. data -- Environmental impacts -- Directory of organizations. Nongovernmental organizations -- Research institutes -- Associations -- U.S. government agencies -- International agencies -- Resources
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Provides an overview of renewable and alternative energy technologies and policies in the United States and around the world
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Renewable energy sources, Handbooks, manuals, etc
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TJ808.3.S65 2008
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Taylor, Katrina D
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