Introduction to Energy and the Environment - Hardcover

Liu, Paul I.

 
9780442015572: Introduction to Energy and the Environment

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Written to help students take on an active role in helping to solve today's critical environmental issues, this resource offers a unique, integrated survey of the environment and pollution control. Introduction to Energy and the Environment explores the earth's renewable and nonrenewable energy resources, including solar, wind, coal, gas, oil, and nuclear resources. It also explains the technology for extracting synthetic fuels, pollution that may accompany the extraction, and available pollution control technology for each energy form.

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Designed to encourage common folk to take part in helping solve environmental problems. Liu (engineering, U. of Southern California) surveys the planet's renewable and nonrenewable energy sources; and explains the technology for extracting fossil fuels, the pollution it may generate, and the technol

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ISBN 10:  0471285730 ISBN 13:  9780471285731
Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1993
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