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Making technology work : applications in energy and the environment / John Deutch, Richard K. Lester.

by Deutch, John M., 1938-

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Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Power resources.

Environmental protection.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam041/2003046103.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam041/2003046103.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam032/2003046103.html

0521523176 (pb.)

x, 272 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Introduction -- Gasohol -- Solar thermal, windpower, and photovoltaic technologies -- Electricity from coal -- Controlling acid rain from coal-fired power plants -- Greenhouse gases and global warming -- Nuclear power and its fuel cycle -- Managing nuclear waste -- Nuclear power and weapons proliferation -- Natural gas -- Safety and risk: examples from the liquefied natural gas and nuclear industries -- Synthetic fuels -- Fuel cells for automobiles -- Energy models and statistics -- The government's role in innovation -- Conclusions.

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