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Energy... beyond oil / [edited by] Fraser Armstrong and Katherine Blundell.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (240 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume considers a global, long-term matrix of solutions to the energy problem as a necessary condition for a sustainable future existence on this planet.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Energy...beyond oil: a global perspective; 2. Arresting carbon dioxide emissions: why and how?; 3. Geothermal energy; 4. Wave and tidal power; 5. Wind energy; 6. Nuclear fission; 7. Fusion energy; 8. Photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical conversion of solar energy; 9. Biological solar energy; 10. Sustainable hydrogen energy; 11. Fuel cells; 12. Energy efficiency in the design of buildings; 13. Governing the transition to a new energy economy; 14. Summary; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-191736-2
- 1-281-16067-9
- 9786611160678
- 0-19-152618-5
- 1-4356-1391-0
- OCLC:
- 314220853
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