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81) Wired
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Faith kept me plain. Science made me complicated. Now that I'm a special agent for the rebellion, I can't hide what I am anymore. I'm a Spark, genetically engineered to be electrokinetic. Along with my boyfriend Korwin, I am also the Liberty Party's best hope of stopping Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic from developing a new generation of biological weapons. When our mission to destroy Dr. Konrad's work goes awry, the side effects of a brain-altering...
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Discusses issues pertaining to green energy, covering the history of energy; global warming; nuclear, solar, and wind power; electric cars; biomass; biofuels; and other related topics, and includes quotes, anecdotes, and discussion which were originally published in "USA Today."
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On March 11, 2011, an earthquake large enough to knock the earth from its axis sent a massive tsunami speeding toward the Japanese coast and the aging and vulnerable Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors. Over the following weeks, the world watched in horror as a natural disaster became a man-made catastrophe: fail-safes failed, cooling systems shut down, nuclear rods melted.In the first definitive account of the Fukushima disaster, two leading...
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"As a new president takes office in 2021, America is deeply divided politically and socially, while the economy seems precariously balanced on increasingly shaky legs. Doom and gloom is the predominant sentiment in America. It has become widely accepted within the investment, political, and media sectors that America is on the decline and that China will drive the global agenda in the 21st century. To which I say, not so fast. This book carefully...
85) Solar power
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"Readers will find out why we burn fossil fuels, the harm it is causing, and why evolution in the solar power industry could make it a powerful weapon in the fight to create a sustainable future"--OCLC.
86) Poop power
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How is yak dung turned into fuel for cooking in Tibet? Can manure from dairy farms really be used to produce electricity? And could your car one day be powered by your own family's poop? With plenty of poop being produced every day, many people around the world are using this unwanted material as fuel to create energy. This new Science Slam! title will engross readers--and gross them out! Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and...
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Energy Technology covers the wide spectrum of energy sources being developed and improved today, from solar, wind, and geothermal to more exotic technologies, such as nuclear fusion. High-impact photos and explanatory graphics and charts bring scientific concepts to life. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index.
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Commodities permeate virtually every aspect of modern daily living, but for all their importance—their breadth, their depth, their intricacies, and their central role in daily life—few people who are not economists or traders know how commodity markets work. Almost every day, newspaper headlines and media commentators scream warnings of impending doom--shortages of arable land, clashes over water, and political conflict as global demand for fossil...
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How should we act and think economically in the world as the era of cheap oil comes to an end? The Approaching Great Transformation begins to answer this massive question, focusing on the people and communities already at work on the transition: energy descent pioneers in the UK and the US educating their communities about the road ahead, small enterprises defying traditional "profit" in favor of permanence and sustainability, and cities preparing...
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Unsustainable budgetary cost of selling oil, gas, and coal at low prices has propelled energy subsidy reform in developing Asian economies. This report measures the size of associated subsidies on these fossil fuels including direct transfers, tax exemptions, subsidized credit, and losses of state enterprises in India, Indonesia, and Thailand. An analysis of complex interactions between economic, social, energy, and environmental issues shows that...
92) Wind power
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"Readers will find out why we burn fossil fuels, the harm it is causing, and why evolution in the wind power industry could make it a powerful weapon in the fight to create a sustainable future"--OCLC.
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Who Turned Out the Lights? is an entertaining and nonpartisan guide to the current U.S. energy crisis from Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, coauthors of the breakout bestseller Where Does the Money Go? At once light-hearted and fun-like Jon Stewart's America: The Book and Stephen Colbert's I am America (and So Can You!)-and deadly serious, Who Turned Out the Lights? helps readers understand what's really at stake in the energy debate, an intelligent...
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We use energy every day. It lets us cook food, drive cars, and so much more. But where does energy come from? Solar energy comes from the sun's light. Kids will read this book to learn how sunlight is collected and turned into heat and power. Applied to STEM Concepts of Learning Principles. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Explaining the trends and key words in the green energy movement, this book examines the idea of modern energy-a combination of old and new energy resources-and the costs involved in making them operational. Resources that include wind, solar, nuclear, wave, biofuels, biomass, smart grid technologies, magnetics, hydropower, oil, gas, and coal all need to be partnered with entrepreneurs to bring them to life. Fusing intellectual and financial resources...
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La energía solar térmica es una opción muy interesante para abastecer de energía a millones de hogares, puesto que permite, por un lado, disminuir nuestra dependencia de los combustibles fósiles y, por otro, reducir las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero responsables del cambio climático. En los últimos años, la energía solar térmica ha experimentado en España un gran desarrollo, pero todavía se halla lejos de los objetivos fijados...
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Aprende a crear tus propios lotes de biodiesel en casa. Un gran material de consulta para los entusiastas que quieran ahorrar dinero y ser más independientes de las grandes compañías petroleras.
Diseñado para todos los niveles de conocimiento. Desde los lectores ocasionales sin conocimiento previo al técnico técnico; Una gran guía para sumergirte en el mundo del biodiesel
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A pesar que el coste del kWp instalado, sigue siendo muy elevado, disfrutan de una serie de ventajas los hace muy atractivos: Su eficiencia es prácticamente independiente de la potencia instalada. El nivel tecnológico necesario para su instalación es muy simple. Requieren una infraestructura muy simple, comparada con otros sistemas de generación eléctrica. No tienen elementos mecánicos ni partes móviles, excepto si se trata de paneles orientables....
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Con la aparición del esperado Real Decreto 235/2013, por el que se aprueba el proceso básico para la certificación de la eficiencia energética de los edificios, en el que se aprueba que cuando se construyan, vendan o alquilen edificios o unidades de éstos, deberán disponer de certificado de eficiencia energética. El principal escollo para la certificación energética de un edificio existente es la determinación del comportamiento de su envolvente...
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Las energías renovables involucran a un elevado número de actores. A diferencia de los procedimientos energéticos tradicionales movidos por su propia inercia, los derivados directa o indirectamente del Sol demandan promoción social y formación en muy diferentes niveles con anterioridad a las acciones específicas: la búsqueda de emplazamientos, la instalación, la explotación y el mantenimiento. Este libro, con título tan elevado, se ha gestado...
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