عنوان

Renewable and alternative energy resources :

(Number (ISBN

1598840894 (hard cover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

1598840908 (ebook)

(Number (ISBN

9781598840896 (hard cover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9781598840902 (ebook)

Number

b509623

Title Proper

Renewable and alternative energy resources :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a reference handbook /

First Statement of Responsibility

Zachary A. Smith and Katrina D. Taylor

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Santa Barbara, Calif. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

ABC-CLIO,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xv, 323 p. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Contemporary world issues

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Background and history. Current energy sources -- Projected outlook for worldwide energy demand and consumption -- Renewable and alternative energy technologies -- Alternative energy -- Problems, controversies, and solutions. Problems -- Controversies: Viability of renewable and alternative energy technologies, Nuclear power, Energy conservation, Oil topping point, Global warming, Economic and political problems -- Solutions: Broad advantages of renewable and alternative energy, Technical solutions, Policy solutions -- Global perspectives -- Worldwide perspective. Europe -- Asia and Oceania -- Africa and the Middle East -- North America -- South America -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches. William Grylls Adams -- Svante Arrhenius -- Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval -- Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel -- Elliott Berman -- Homi Jehangir Bhabha -- Frank Bridgers -- Gro Harlem Brundtland -- Jimmy Carter -- Georges Claude -- Arthur Compton -- Georges Jean Marie Darrieus -- Rudolph Diesel -- Thomas Alva Edison -- John Ericsson -- Michael Faraday -- Enrico Fermi -- Benoit Fourneyron -- Charles Fritts -- Arnold J. Goldman -- Albert A. Gore, Jr. -- William R. Grove -- Subhendu Guha -- John Burden Sanderson Haldane -- James E. Hansen -- William Heronemus -- M. King Hubbert -- Jeremy Leggett -- Amory Bloch Lovins -- Auguste Mouchout -- Willie Nelson -- Roger Revelle -- Frank Shuman -- Lyman Spitzer, Jr. -- Robert Stirling -- Alexander T.B. Stuart -- Hans Eduard Suess -- Leo Szilard -- Tom Udall -- Data and documents. Worldwide data -- U.S. data -- Environmental impacts -- Directory of organizations. Nongovernmental organizations -- Research institutes -- Associations -- U.S. government agencies -- International agencies -- Resources

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Text of Note

Provides an overview of renewable and alternative energy technologies and policies in the United States and around the world

Renewable energy sources, Handbooks, manuals, etc

Class number

Book number

Smith, Zachary A., (Zachary Alden),1953-

Taylor, Katrina D

Date of Transaction

20120514035934.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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