Making technology work : applications in energy and the environment / / John M. Deutch, Richard K. Lester.
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 272 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Gasohol
- Solar thermal, windpower, and photovoltaic technologies
- Electricity from coal
- Controlling acid rain from coal-fired power plants
- Greenhouse gases and global warming
- Nuclear power and its fuel cycle
- Managing nuclear waste
- Nuclear power and weapons proliferation
- Natural gas
- Safety and risk: examples from the liquefied natural gas and nuclear industries
- Synthetic fuels
- Fuel cells for automobiles
- Energy models and statistics
- The government's role in innovation
- Conclusions.