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020 _a9781498701938
_qharback
040 _aUniversiti Teknologi Brunei
_beng
_cUTB
084 _aTJ808
100 1 _aNelson, Vaughn
_eauthor
245 1 0 _aIntroduction to Renewable Energy /
_cVaughn Nelson and Kenneth Starcher
250 _asecond edition
260 _aUSA :
_bCRC press ,
_c2016.
300 _axxxvi, 423 :
_billustration ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aInclude bibliographical references and index
520 _aIntroduction to Renewable Energy, Second Edition covers the fundamentals of renewable energy and serves as a resource to undergraduates in renewable energy courses. non-specialists within the energy industries, or anyone working to support the successful implementation of renewable energy. The second edition discusses developments that have occurred since the publication of the first edition and considers the growing environmental impact of human activity on planet Earth. Dedicated to converging science and technology in a way that ensures a sustainable future, this book outlines the basics of renewable energy and focuses on current and developing policies that support the shift to renewable energy. New in the second edition, the book addresses bioenergy, energy balance, biodiesel, photovoltaic applications, and climate change. The authors take a multidisciplinary approach and share their observations on trending technologies (including neuroscience, artificial intelligence, virtual reality (VR), nanotechnology, and genetic engineering) that they predict will have a significant impact in the next 25 years. Attributing the major problems in the world to overconsumption and overpopulation, they outline solutions that depend on global and local policies and work to reduce consumption, population growth, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental pollution, and military expenditures. In addition, the book proposes possible answers to our energy dilemma that include * Reduced demand of fossil fuels to depletion rate * Transition to zero population growth and the beginning of a steady-state society A tax placed on carbon Implementing more policies and incentives to increase conservation and efficiency and to decrease the emissions of carbon dioxide
650 4 _aRenewable energy sources
700 1 _aStarcher, Kenneth.,
_eauthor
942 _2lc
_n0
_cGC
998 _eBook
_s830034 : 033647 c.1 UTB
_xThe School Box Enterprise
999 _c23936
_d23936