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Category : Energy industries
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Nuclear Power
Author: Harry HendersonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Provides timely and up-to-date facts, context, perspectives, and tools to make informed decisions about nuclear energy. In the 21st century, nuclear power has been identified as a viable alternative to traditional energy sources to stem global climate change, and condemned as risky to human health and environmentally irresponsible. Do the advantages of nuclear energy outweigh the risks, especially in light of the meltdown at the Fukushima plant in 2011? This guide provides both a comprehensive overview of this critical and controversial technology, presenting reference tools that include important facts and statistics, biographical profiles, a chronology, and a glossary. It covers major controversies and proposed solutions in detail and contains contributions by experts and important stakeholders that provide invaluable perspective on the topic.
Energy Odyssey
Author: Douglas B ReynoldsPublisher: Eliva Press
ISBN: 9781636482521
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Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In the Odyssey, by Homer, Odysseus goes on a long arduous journey after the Trojan War, which was a titanic military conflict. This is similar to our own arduous energy journey we must take. In science, though, there are also titanic conflicts regarding the proper analytical theory or the most appropriate strategy for future solutions similar to a Trojan War. This book is about just such a scientific debate over the concept of natural resource scarcity and its effects on economic growth also called the scarcity and growth debate. In general technology has been able to overcome scarcity for all of human kind for many centuries, but that does not mean the world does not face the prospect of scarcity, like for example how to reduce climate change and still be able to have a robust economy. A more subtle scarcity and growth debate is presented here in regard to a geologist named M. King Hubbert, who predicted that petroleum production would follow a trend and eventually attain a peak in its supply followed by a downward projection, which could cause economic disruption. Most commentators have long since given up on Hubbert's theory and have declared that the scarcity and growth debate is over. But there is a Hubbert Trojan Horse in this debate that suggests in fact the debate is not over, and the possibility of a peak in supply is relevant. The different sides of the debate are brought out including how shale-oil plays a role in energy supplies. First different energy types are compared with each other to show why petroleum is such a valuable energy resource and how petroleum energy resources can actually subsidize other lower grade energy resources. This is explained within the context of an energy dialectic. Then the mineral exploration process is explained to show why there can be a peak in production which also happened for whale-oil production and will happen, or may have already happened, for U.S. shale-oil production. The energy to economy relationship is also shown to see why oil is so valuable to our economy, although global climate change aspects are also addressed. Finally, different scenarios are forecast based on past economic declines such as that of the Roman Empire and the Soviet Union. About the Author: Douglas B. Reynolds is a Professor of Petroleum and Energy Economics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was a practicing mechanical engineer specializing in energy technology before he became an energy economist. He taught economics in Kazakhstan after the fall of Soviet Union before he moved to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1997. Reynolds has analyzed petroleum taxes, natural gas pipelines and coal heating systems. He has lived, worked and taught around the world in such places as Mexico, Europe and Asia. He has written numerous academic treatises, journal articles and books on energy.
Why We Need Nuclear Power
Author: Michael H. FoxPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199344590
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Nuclear power may just be the most important solution to our search for clean, sustainable energy sources. Although wind and solar can contribute to our energy mix, we need a reliable source to meet large-scale energy demands and break our dependence on fossil fuels. However, most people are wary, if not downright afraid, of nuclear power. Given nuclear disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima, it's not difficult to see why. In the wake of these events, fear has clouded the public's understanding of the facts. It's time to clear up those misconceptions and examine the science behind nuclear power, in order to determine what role it could and should play in our future. In Why We Need Power: The Environmental Case, radiation biologist Michael H. Fox argues that nuclear power is essential to slowing down the impact of global warming. He examines the issue from every angle, relying on thirty-five years of research spent studying the biological effects of radiation. Fox begins with the problem, carefully laying out how our current energy uses and projections for the future will affect greenhouse gases and global warming. The book then evaluates each major energy source and demonstrates the limits of renewable energy sources, concluding that nuclear power is the best solution to our environmental crisis. Fox then delves into nuclear power, looking at the effects of radiation, the potential for nuclear accidents, and the best methods to dispose of nuclear waste. By systematically analyzing each aspect of the nuclear issue, Fox clarifies which concerns have a scientific basis and which remain unsupported. His in-depth exploration of the facts persuasively demonstrates that nuclear power is critical to reducing the effects of energy production on the global climate. Written in an engaging and accessible style, Why We Need Nuclear Power is an invaluable resource for both general readers and scientists interested in the facts behind nuclear energy.
Energy Economist
Author: The Quest
Author: Daniel YerginPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101563702
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 832
Book Description
“A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” —Wall Street Journal “It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century. The Quest is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” —The Financial Times This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Prize provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
The Energy Journal
Author: Energy Modelling and Fairness for Efficient Mobile Communication
Author: Ekhiotz Jon Vergara AlonsoPublisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
ISBN: 9176858227
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Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Energy consumption and its management have been clearly identified as a challenge in computing and communication system design, where energy economy is obviously of paramount importance for battery powered devices. This thesis addresses the energy efficiency of mobile communication at the user end in the context of cellular networks. We argue that energy efficiency starts by energy awareness and propose EnergyBox, a parametrised tool that enables accurate and repeatable energy quantification at the user end using real data traffic traces as input. EnergyBox offers an abstraction of the underlying states for operation of the wireless interfaces and allows to estimate the energy consumption for different operator settings and device characteristics. The tool is used throughout the thesis to quantify and reveal inefficient data communication patterns of widely used mobile applications. We consider two different perspectives in the search of energy-efficient solutions. From the application perspective, we show that systematically quantifying the energy consumption of design choices (e.g., communication patterns, protocols, and data formats) contributes to a significantly smaller energy footprint. From the system perspective, we devise a cross-layer solution that schedules packet transmissions based on the knowledge of the network parameters that impact the energy consumption of the handset. These attempts show that application level decisions require a better understanding of possible energy apportionment policies at system level. Finally, we study the generic problem of determining the contribution of an entity (e.g., application) to the total energy consumption of a given system (e.g., mobile device). We compare the state-of-the-art policies in terms of fairness leveraging cooperative game theory and analyse their required information and computational complexity. We show that providing incentives to reduce the total energy consumption of the system (as part of fairness) is tightly coupled to the policy selection. Our study provides guidelines to select an appropriate policy depending on the characteristics of the system.
The Energy Healing Experiments
Author: Gary E. SchwartzPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416545220
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
A healer removes the pain of a broken wrist in fifteen minutes. Another removes an ovarian tumor in a couple of weeks. Still another, from thousands of miles away, regenerates the nerves of an injured spine for a patient on whom the doctors had given up. These sound like tabloid stories but could they be true? They are just three out of millions of instances in which healers have claimed to manipulate energy fields to cure the body. Books on vibrational medicine, prayer, and spiritual healing present readers with an array of historical and current discoveries and techniques. But so far nobody has addressed the reality of healing through comprehensive scientific research. The Energy Healing Experiments fills that void. Harvard- educated Dr. Gary E. Schwartz provides scientific experiments and evidence to reveal the truth about the existence of energy fields and unlocks their potential for enhancing your health.
The Human Odyssey: A Hidden History
Author: Krsanna DuranPublisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466908068
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Departure from the Garden represents the maiden flight of humanity from its earliest beginning with ancestors from the stars. The ancestor races evolved from the same universal code from which the oldest human species grew, many of whom have now left human evolution behind them to climb to even greater states within the universal code. The most ancient emblem on Earth observed in modern UFO contact guides the search for Native America's ancestors, those who returned to Mexico in 1991 in the most extensive UFO activity in modern history. Traces of Native America's ancestors, the ancient astronauts, have often been dismissed as too impossibly ancient to believe. And it is the factor of what can be perceived as reality or truth that is followed in this search for humanity through the manifestation of mind and the shamanic perspective in North America's oldest pyramids. Recent scientific discovery of super continents and new excavations at Gobekli Tepe in Turkey are examined in light of traditional lore from the remote corners of the Earth. The search for The People Of Life, those who opened the tree of life to repopulate Native America, leads through Earth's oldest cultures -- Egypt, Greece, India, Tibet and Mu, the motherland.
ACM Transactions on Computer Systems
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Category : Computer architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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