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Powering the future : a scientist's guide to energy independence / Daniel B. Botkin with Diana Perez.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2010.Description: xxi, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780137049769 (hbk : alk. paper)
  • 0137049765 (hbk : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.790973 22
LOC classification:
  • TJ163.25.U6 B68 2010
Contents:
Conventional energy sources : Oil -- Natural gas -- Coal -- Water power -- Nuclear power -- New energy sources : Wind power -- Solar power -- Ocean power -- Biofuels -- Designing an energy system : Transporting energy: the grid, hydrogen, batteries, and more -- Transporting things -- Saving energy at home and finding energy at your feet -- Solutions.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-312) and index.

Conventional energy sources : Oil -- Natural gas -- Coal -- Water power -- Nuclear power -- New energy sources : Wind power -- Solar power -- Ocean power -- Biofuels -- Designing an energy system : Transporting energy: the grid, hydrogen, batteries, and more -- Transporting things -- Saving energy at home and finding energy at your feet -- Solutions.

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