02555nam 2200565 a 450 991045614100332120200520144314.01-282-75995-797866127599561-84816-417-3(CKB)2490000000001853(EBL)731275(OCoLC)670430523(SSID)ssj0000416871(PQKBManifestationID)12101324(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416871(PQKBWorkID)10422234(PQKB)11338102(MiAaPQ)EBC731275(WSP)0000P651(Au-PeEL)EBL731275(CaPaEBR)ebr10422348(CaONFJC)MIL275995(EXLCZ)99249000000000185320100803d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnergy, the environment and climate change[electronic resource] /Peter E. HodgsonLondon Imperial College Pressc20101 online resource (224 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84816-415-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.The energy crisis -- Non-renewable energy sources -- Renewable energy sources -- Nuclear power -- The safety of energy sources -- Pollution of the environment -- Climate change -- Politics, psychology and education -- The needs of the developing countries -- Moral problems and responses.This book is a comprehensive account of all significant energy sources, evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety and effects on the environment. Non-renewable sources (for example, coal, oil, gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood, hydro, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal, and tidal; are considered. Also, nuclear radiations and the disposal of nuclear waste and the future of nuclear power are assessed, as well as pollution and acid rain, the greenhouse effects and climate change. Its social, political and moral problems are discussPower resourcesEnvironmental aspectsElectronic books.Power resourcesEnvironmental aspects.333.79Hodgson P. E(Peter Edward)965139MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456141003321Energy, the environment and climate change2236372UNINA