Energy technology
Chris Oxlade
"Describes new technologies that are helping make fossil fuels, biofuels, water and wind energy, and solar energy more efficient, and discusses different ways we will get energy in the future"--Provided by publisher.
Read Time: ~6.8 hr
Energy
by Michael B. McElroy (2010)
About this book
How the world evolved to its present dependence on carbon-based fossil fuels, the problems that ensued including the threat of disruptive global climate change and hazards associated with our increasing dependence on unreliable but currently indispensable sources of energy such as oil, and the opportunities for a more sustainable energy future.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraContemporary / Future
Protagonist / CoreEnergy Lead Character
Themes & Moods
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