| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 479 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-444) and index. |
| Contents |
Prepare to come about -- Burning to learn -- Peak trees and peak whale oil -- Fossil fuelish; some telling facts -- Abraham Lincoln or your brother-in-law? -- Red, white, and blue-green -- Canting the kayak -- Why accountants and physicists care about the past -- The moving finger writes -- And having writ, moves on -- The great ice that covers the land -- Kindergarten soccer and the last century of climate -- But my brother-in-law said -- The future -- Valuing the future -- Toilets and the smart grid -- Sustainable solutions on the wind -- Sun and water -- Down by the sea, where the water power grows -- Power from the land -- Put it where the sun doesn't shine: nuclear energy and carbon -- Conservation; why saving energy doesn't mean sitting around in the dark -- Game-changers? geoengineering, fusion, and -- Ten billion and smiling. |
| Subject |
Energy development -- Environmental aspects -- History.
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Renewable energy sources.
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Global warming.
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| ISBN |
9780393081091 hardcover $27.95 |
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0393081095 hardcover |
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