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AUTHOR
Heinrichs, Ann.
TITLE
Sustaining Earth's energy resources [electronic resource] / by Ann Heinrichs.
IMPRINT
Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2011.
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (128 p.) : ill. (some col.).
SERIES
Environment at risk.
SERIES
Gale eBook.
NOTE
Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-122) and index.
CONTENT NOTE
Energy resources: a global challenge -- Fossil fuels: millions of years in the making -- Nuclear power: splitting the atom -- Hydropower: making a splash -- Solar power: capturing the sunshine -- Wind power: harnessing the breezes -- Biomass: new life for an old fuel -- Geothermal power: heat from the Earth -- Managing energy for a cleaner planet.
SUMMARY
This book provides information on Earth's sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy, how they are used, their benefits and disadvantages, their interrelationships with the natural world, and the future of Earth's sources of energy.
SUBJECT
Energy development -- Environmental aspects.
SUBJECT
Power resources -- Environmental aspects.
SUBJECT
Renewable energy sources.
DISCIPLINE
CARE.
DISCIPLINE
Geography.
DISCIPLINE
Internet Resources.
DISCIPLINE
Liberal Studies -- Energy Technology & the Environment.
LINK
Available via Gale Virtual Reference Library. Click here to access (Password can be acquired from eClass public announcement)
ISBN
9781608703104 (ebk.).
Location
Call Number
Status
World Wide Web
333.79 HEI ebook
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