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Alternative Energy Resources:
The Quest for Sustainable Energy
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$75.00 each
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A balanced introduction to
tomorrow's energy sources.
Over the course of the next fifty years, there will be a shift
in the quest for sustainable energy, including a major change
in transportation from internal combustion engines burning
petroleum-derived fuels to newer technology engines using new
transportation fuels.
Alternative Energy Resources
examines our options for energy sources with a focus on
hydrogen as a large-scale, secondary energy vector parallel to
electricity.
As the price of petroleum products increases, the world is
scrambling to find a suitable replacement energy source. In
this comprehensive primer, Professor Paul Kruger examines
energy use throughout history and the exponential expansion of
our energy use beginning with the Industrial Revolution
through the present day. The book then analyzes the
various alternative energy sources available, including
renewable energy (hydroelectric, solar, wind, biomass, and
geothermal), nuclear, and hydrogen.
He addresses each energy
source's pros and cons based on our needs, availability, and
environmental impact aspects. Finally, Dr. Kruger proposes the
use of hydrogen as a fuel to sustain our energy supply
produced by appropriate technology mixtures of renewable and
nuclear energy.
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