Nuclear 2.0 : Why a green future need nuclear
by Lynas, Mark.
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BookDescription: Chicago : UIT Cambridge Ltd., 2013.ISBN: 9781906860233.Subject(s): Nuclear energy | Green technology | Sustainable engineering
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Summary: By making use of the latest in world energy statistics, author Mark Lynas shows that with wind and solar still at only about one percent of global primary energy, looking to renewable energy as a solution to deliver all the world's power is a dangerously delusional concept. Moreover, with no possibility reducing the world's energy usage-when the developing world is fast extricating itself from poverty and adding the equivalent of a new Brazil to the global electricity consumption each year-additional solutions are needed. This book then details.
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. How we got to where we are; 2. The carbon challenge; 3. The N-word; 4. The case against: nuclear accidents and radiation; 5. Next generation: Nuclear 2.0; 6. The spectre of climate change; 7. All of the above; Notes; Index; Also published by UIT
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300 Social Sciences
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Book | NF 333.7 L (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | S099295555 |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. How we got to where we are; 2. The carbon challenge; 3. The N-word; 4. The case against: nuclear accidents and radiation; 5. Next generation: Nuclear 2.0; 6. The spectre of climate change; 7. All of the above; Notes; Index; Also published by UIT
By making use of the latest in world energy statistics, author Mark Lynas shows that with wind and solar still at only about one percent of global primary energy, looking to renewable energy as a solution to deliver all the world's power is a dangerously delusional concept. Moreover, with no possibility reducing the world's energy usage-when the developing world is fast extricating itself from poverty and adding the equivalent of a new Brazil to the global electricity consumption each year-additional solutions are needed. This book then details.