LEADER 02520nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910780882503321 005 20230725041506.0 010 $a1-282-75995-7 010 $a9786612759956 010 $a1-84816-417-3 035 $a(CKB)2490000000001853 035 $a(EBL)731275 035 $a(OCoLC)670430523 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000416871 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12101324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416871 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10422234 035 $a(PQKB)11338102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC731275 035 $a(WSP)0000P651 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL731275 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10422348 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275995 035 $a(EXLCZ)992490000000001853 100 $a20100803d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnergy, the environment and climate change$b[electronic resource] /$fPeter E. Hodgson 210 $aLondon $cImperial College Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84816-415-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThis 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 discuss 606 $aPower resources$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aPower resources$xEnvironmental aspects. 676 $a333.79 700 $aHodgson$b P. E$g(Peter Edward)$047767 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780882503321 996 $aEnergy, the environment and climate change$93849625 997 $aUNINA