Format:
1 online resource (224 pages)
ISBN:
9781848164178
Content:
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 discussed, with a special mention of the opposition to nuclear power.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Obituary -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. The Energy Crisis -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Energy Conservation -- 1.3. World Energy Consumption -- 1.4. Wood -- References -- 2. Non-Renewable Energy Sources -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Coal -- 2.3. Oil -- 2.4. Natural Gas -- References -- 3. Renewable Energy Sources -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Hydropower -- 3.3. Wind -- 3.4. Solar -- 3.5. Tidal -- 3.6. Wave -- 3.7. Geothermal -- 3.8. Ocean Thermal -- 3.9. Biomass -- 3.10. Hydrogen -- 3.11. Costs -- 3.12. Conclusion -- References -- 4. Nuclear Power -- 4.1. Energy from the Atom -- 4.2. Nuclear Reactors -- 4.3. The Capacity of Nuclear Power -- 4.4. Reliability -- 4.5. Nuclear Radiations -- 4.6. Nuclear Waste -- 4.7. New Nuclear Reactors -- 4.8. Fusion Reactors -- References -- 5. The Safety of Energy Sources -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Comparative Safety -- References -- 6. Pollution of the Environment -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Pollution of the Land -- 6.3. Pollution of the Atmosphere -- 6.4. Pollution of the Sea -- 6.5. Radioactive Pollution -- 6.6. The Greens -- References -- 7. Climate Change -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Climate as a Determining Feature of Civilisation -- 7.3. The Reality of Climate Change -- 7.4. The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming -- 7.5. The Effects of Global Warming and Climate Change -- 7.6. Catastrophic Climate Change -- 7.7. Conclusion -- References -- 8. Politics, Psychology and Education -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The Problems of Democratic Societies -- 8.3. Nuclear Power and World Peace -- 8.4. Energy Sustainability -- 8.5. The Opposition to Nuclear Power -- 8.6. Psychology -- 8.7. Education -- References -- 9. The Needs of the Developing Countries -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Economic Problems -- 9.3. Political Problems -- 9.4. Psychological Problems.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848164154
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hodgson, Peter E. Energy, the environment and climate change London : Imperial College Press, 2010 ISBN 1848164157
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781848164154
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
Keywords:
Energie
;
Energievorrat
;
Umwelt
;
Klimaänderung
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