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" Power plays : "
Robert Rapier
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BL
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696898
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b519087
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Rapier, Robert
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Power plays : : energy options in the age of peak oil /\ Robert Rapier
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Apress ;New York :: Springer-Verlag (dist.),, [2012]
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, ©2012
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xi, 259 pages :: illustrations ;; 23 cm
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1430240865
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: 9781430240860
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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All about energy: dependence and disconnect -- Fossil fuels and nuclear power: powering modern civilization -- Renewable energy: energy of the past and the future -- Energy production: from the source to the consumer -- Global warming: how do you stop a hurricane? -- Peak oil: myth or threat to civilization? -- Nuclear power: practical solution or environmental disaster? -- Risk and uncertainty; energy security challenges -- Reducing the risks: policies to enhance energy security -- Investing in cleantech: a guide to technical due dilligence -- The race to replace oil: alternative transportation fuels -- Oil-free transportation: alternatives to the internal combustion engine -- Corn ethanol: past, present, and future -- U.S. energy politics: the elusive goal of energy independence -- The road ahead: planning and preparation
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Energy security-- United States
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Hubbert peak theory
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Power resources
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Renewable energy sources
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