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Energy and energy use / editor, Craig W. Allin.
ISBN:
9781587659256
Title:
Energy and energy use / editor, Craig W. Allin.
Author:
Allin, Craig W. (Craig Willard)
Publication Information:
Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, ©2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (vi, 147 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
Series:
Encyclopedia of environmental issues
Contents:
Alternative energy sources -- Alternative fuels -- Alternatively fueled vehicles -- Atomic Energy Commission -- Biomass conversion -- Biopiracy and bioprospecting -- Breeder reactors -- Brundtland Commission -- Carbon footprint -- Chalk River nuclear reactor explosion -- Chelabinsk nuclear waste explosion -- Chernobyl nuclear accident -- Coal -- Coal-fired power plants -- Cogeneration -- Compact fluorescent lightbulbs -- Corporate average fuel economy standards -- Department of Energy, U.S. -- Ducktown, Tennessee -- Earth resources satellites -- Earth-sheltered construction -- Electric vehicles -- Electronic waste -- Energy conservation -- Energy-efficiency labeling -- Energy policy -- Energy Policy and Conservation Act -- Ethanol -- Forest management -- Fossil fuels -- Gasoline and gasoline additives -- Geographic information systems -- Geothermal energy -- Grazing and grasslands -- Green revolution -- Hanford Nuclear Reservation -- Heat pumps -- Hoover Dam -- Hybrid vehicles -- Hydroelectricity -- Hydrogen economy -- Internal combustion engines -- International Atomic Energy Agency -- International Institute for Sustainable Development -- Light pollution -- Love Canal disaster.
Format:
Electronic Resources
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
Ipswich, Mass. : Salem Press, ©2011.