Energy Survival Guide: Insight and Outlook
Language: English
Published by Leiden University Press, 2011
- Hardcover
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Seller: Clevedon Community Bookshop Benefit Society, Clevedon, United KingdomClevedon Community Bookshop Benefit Society
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- Title
- Energy Survival Guide: Insight and Outlook
- Author
- Hermans, Jo
- Publisher
- Leiden University Press
- Publication year
- 2011
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 9087281234
- ISBN 13
- 9789087281236
Diminishing fossil fuels and global warming are enough to make anyone think twice about flicking a light switch or turning up the thermostat. But there are a lot of popular myths masquerading as facts concerning energy use, and the more we learn about energy consumption, the more questions arise. Can solar energy provide the entire world’s electricity? Should we stop building nuclear power plants after Fukushima? Why don’t we use wave power? And how can we face the rising costs of heating and lighting our homes and businesses?
These questions and many more are answered in this accessible guide for anyone who is concerned about the most cost effective and environmentally responsible use of energy at all levels, from home baking to nuclear power plants. Energy Survival Guide serves as a reliable and systematic overview, offering well-balanced conclusions about the future of energy on our planet. With arguments backed up by informative figures and hard facts, this book deals with subjects as diverse as solar panels, the benefits of double glazed windows, the most efficient way to travel quickly, and the problems with electric cars.
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About the Author
Jo Hermans is professor emeritus of physics at Leiden University.
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Clevedon Community Bookshop Benefit Society
Clevedon, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since January 9, 2013
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Clevedon Community Bookshop, co-operatively owned, opened on 31 December 2011 and now has a general stock of approximately 20,000 books. Our Bookshop is in Copse Road in Clevedon and is open every day of the week except Mondays, from 10.30am to 4.30pm. The Bookshop Co-operative comprises nearly 650 members from around the world and was set up to stop the only second-hand bookshop in our town from closing. The benefit of being a member/shareholder is only social: no-one benefits financially. All profits are used to improve the bookshop and its stock, and, through events, to contribute to the literacy and literary profile of our town. If you would like you join the Co-operative and co-own the Bookshop with us, please email us.…
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