Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Gasohol
- 3 Solar Thermal, Windpower, and Photovoltaic Technologies
- 4 Electricity from Coal
- 5 Controlling Acid Rain from Coal-fired Power Plants
- 6 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
- 7 Nuclear Power and Its Fuel Cycle
- 8 Managing Nuclear Waste
- 9 Nuclear Power and Weapons Proliferation
- 10 Natural Gas
- 11 Safety and Risk: Examples from the Liquefied Natural Gas and Nuclear Industries
- 12 Synthetic Fuels
- 13 Fuel Cells For Automobiles
- 14 Energy Models and Statistics
- 15 The Government's Role in Innovation
- 16 Conclusions
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Gasohol
- 3 Solar Thermal, Windpower, and Photovoltaic Technologies
- 4 Electricity from Coal
- 5 Controlling Acid Rain from Coal-fired Power Plants
- 6 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
- 7 Nuclear Power and Its Fuel Cycle
- 8 Managing Nuclear Waste
- 9 Nuclear Power and Weapons Proliferation
- 10 Natural Gas
- 11 Safety and Risk: Examples from the Liquefied Natural Gas and Nuclear Industries
- 12 Synthetic Fuels
- 13 Fuel Cells For Automobiles
- 14 Energy Models and Statistics
- 15 The Government's Role in Innovation
- 16 Conclusions
- Index
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- Making Technology WorkApplications in Energy and the Environment, pp. 267 - 272Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003