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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record 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 Internet 網上資源