| Description |
xxvi, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 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 |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Energy industries -- Forecasting.
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Petroleum reserves -- Evaluation.
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Power resources -- Forecasting.
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| Author |
Burgh, Griffin.
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| LC no. |
2007023154 |
| ISBN |
0471790532 (hbk.) |
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9780471790532 (hbk.) |
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