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050		4	_aTJ807.9.U6 _bB76 1992eb
100	1		_aBrower, Michael, _d1960- _923431
245	1	0	_aCool energy : _brenewable solutions to environmental problems / _cMichael Brower.
250			_aRev. ed.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bMIT Press, _cc1992.
264		2	_a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : _bIEEE Xplore, _c[1992]
300			_a1 PDF (219 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aelectronic _2isbdmedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [193]-215) and index.
505	0		_a1. The Energy Challenge -- 2. The Renewable Alternative -- 3. Solar Energy -- 4. Wind Energy -- 5. Biomass -- 6. Energy from Rivers and Oceans -- 7. Geothermal Energy -- 8. Energy Storage -- 9. Policies for a Renewable Future -- Appendix A: Units and Conversion Factors -- Appendix B: U.S. Renewable Energy Funding.
506	1		_aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520			_aTen years ago, America's brief love affair with renewable energy sources came to an abrupt end, the victim of declining oil prices and government indifference. But renewable energy remains the only viable long-term alternative to depletable and polluting oil, gas, and coal. Cool Energy provides the first major review of progress in the field of renewable energy technologies - solar, wind, biomass (plant matter), hydroelectric, and geothermal - since the mid-1980s. It analyzes their near-term and long-term potential to displace fossil fuels, and illuminates the role they could play in mitigating environmental problems such as air pollution, acid rain, and global warming.Energy-policy specialist Michael Brower argues that, with the right policies, renewable energy could provide as much as half of America's energy needs within forty years. He identifies the market barriers that will have to be removed and argues that if the hidden costs of fossil fuels are taken into consideration, renewables appear to be a cheaper source of new energy supply than fossil fuels: the reliability and efficiency of their equipment have improved and the cost of installing, maintaining, and running renewable systems has declined.Brower devotes a chapter to each renewable energy source, describes its current application, and discusses its costs. He also analyzes new technologies under development and assesses their positive and negative attributes. Introductory chapters set renewables in the context of current energy and environmental policy, and the last chapter outlines steps that can help speed the transition to a renewable-energy economy.Michael Brower is a physicist and holds the position of Research Director for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web
588			_aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015.
650		0	_aEnvironmental protection _zUnited States. _923432
650		0	_aRenewable energy sources _zUnited States. _923433
655		0	_aElectronic books. _93294
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor. _923434
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher. _923435
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9780262521758
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6276811
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