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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827526903321

Autore

Swan Christopher C

Titolo

Electric water : the emerging revolution in water and energy / / Christopher C. Swan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gabriola Island, Canada, : New Society

[Lancaster, : Gazelle Drake Academic, distributor], 2007

ISBN

1-282-46522-8

1-55092-349-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations, portrait

Disciplina

333.794

Soggetti

Energy development

Renewable energy sources

Environmental engineering - Technological innovations

Sustainable engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 In Light of Water; 2 A Wealth of Energy and Water for All; 3 Less is More of Something Else; 4 Power from a Crystal as Thin as Paint; 5 From Light to Water; 6 Distribution by Rain; 7 One Water and Energy System; 8 Light Mobility; 9 Making Things by Light; 10 Restoration, Renewal and Rebalancing; 11 Blood, Water and Crystals; 12 Gold in the Sun; 13 Let There be Light; 14 Crystal Light and Living Waters; Resources; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

A vision of how new energy and water technologies are about to transform our world.