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Author: Robert U. Ayres Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall ISBN: 0137039018 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 253
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If we continue our highly inefficient, dangerous energy usage, we’re headed for both economic and environmental catastrophe. However, the hard truth is that alternative fuels can’t fully replace fossil fuels for decades. What’s more, new research indicates that energy inefficiencies are retarding economic growth even more than most experts ever realized. Crossing the Energy Divide is about solving all these problems at once. The authors, two leading experts in energy and environmental economics, show how massive improvements in energy efficiency can bridge the global economy until clean renewables can fully replace fossil fuels. Robert and Edward Ayres demonstrate how we can radically reform the way we manage our existing energy systems to double the amount of “energy service” we get from every drop of fossil fuel we use. These techniques require no scientific breakthroughs: Many companies and institutions are applying them right now, but tens of thousands more could. This book offers a strategic guide for using them to solve the energy crisis once and for all—reducing carbon emissions, achieving true energy security, and reigniting economic growth for decades to come. More energy, without more emissions Recapturing lost energy from today’s fossil fuels There is such a thing as a free lunch Mitigating climate disaster and improving prosperity at the same time The future of electricity Reforming tomorrow’s electrical system: smarter, more productive, and more reliable The implications for cities, transportation, business, and government Making the decisions that prepare you for a high-cost energy future
Author: Robert U. Ayres Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall ISBN: 0137039018 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 253
Book Description
If we continue our highly inefficient, dangerous energy usage, we’re headed for both economic and environmental catastrophe. However, the hard truth is that alternative fuels can’t fully replace fossil fuels for decades. What’s more, new research indicates that energy inefficiencies are retarding economic growth even more than most experts ever realized. Crossing the Energy Divide is about solving all these problems at once. The authors, two leading experts in energy and environmental economics, show how massive improvements in energy efficiency can bridge the global economy until clean renewables can fully replace fossil fuels. Robert and Edward Ayres demonstrate how we can radically reform the way we manage our existing energy systems to double the amount of “energy service” we get from every drop of fossil fuel we use. These techniques require no scientific breakthroughs: Many companies and institutions are applying them right now, but tens of thousands more could. This book offers a strategic guide for using them to solve the energy crisis once and for all—reducing carbon emissions, achieving true energy security, and reigniting economic growth for decades to come. More energy, without more emissions Recapturing lost energy from today’s fossil fuels There is such a thing as a free lunch Mitigating climate disaster and improving prosperity at the same time The future of electricity Reforming tomorrow’s electrical system: smarter, more productive, and more reliable The implications for cities, transportation, business, and government Making the decisions that prepare you for a high-cost energy future
Author: Lilian Tibshraeny-Morten Publisher: ISBN: 9780976892229 Category : Acupuncture Languages : en Pages : 406
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This unique and exciting book integrates three ancient concepts into a contemporary and effective method of assessment and treatment. Reflexology, Meridian Therapy and Five Element are presented using a unique approach with the use of symbols and diagrams to enhance the learning process by "branding" in the readers' minds specific learning materials. With more than 100 diagrams, tables, charts, and quick reference guides, readers will learn how to apply principles of therapy as they incorporate knowledge of organ functions, pathology, assessments, and acupuncture theory. An overview: Meridians and Five Elements - a detailed account, including beginning and ending points of meridians; face/tongue/pulse and Client assessment; core constitutional coordinates and effective treatment planning. Reflexology - in-depth reviewed of the biomechanics of the feet. Techniques are illustrated, with an accompanying step-by--step explanation. An exciting component is Lilian's innovative treatment method: WAND REFLEX(TM) System. Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology A detailed account of all body systems. Treatment options - the aim of this book is to determine the Client's constitutional type and the WAND REFLEX(TM), which addresses the underlying element/organ imbalance, causing the dis-ease. Treatment options include basic Reflexology, Acupressure and a combination known as Acu-Reflex Therapy.
Author: Yelena Kalyuzhnova Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351972650 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 298
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Kazakhstan is rich in natural resources including coal, oil, natural gas and uranium and has significant renewable potential from wind, solar, hydro and biomass. In spite of this, the country is currently dependent upon fossil fuels with coal-fired plants accounting for 75% of total power generation leading to concerns over greenhouse gas emissions and impacts on human health and the environment. This book analyses the implications of the global shift to cleaner energy for a country whose economy has centred on hydrocarbon exports. The challenge is urgent for Kazakhstan, whose recent economic growth has driven increased demand for energy services, making the construction of additional generating capacity increasingly necessary for enabling sustained growth. In this context, renewable energy resources are becoming an increasingly attractive option to help bridge the demand-supply gap. Chapters written by experts in the field provide a comprehensive review of the current energy situation in Kazakhstan including fossil energy and renewable resources and analyses policy drivers for the energy sector. Emphasising that clean energy covers a variety of renewables, as well as cleaner use of hydrocarbons, this book argues that future technological change will affect the relative attractiveness of the various choices. Recognising technical, geographical and domestic and international political constraints on policymakers’ options, this book will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience in the fields of resource management and clean energy, development economics and Central Asian Studies.
Author: Ahia True Peace Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781726420259 Category : Languages : en Pages : 72
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Learn about mudra, an ancient art form from India! Deepen your meditation and yoga practice. Perform spontaneous healing. Align with the natural world order. Achieve deep peace. Understand the intimate workings of your own inner world and then use that knowledge to bring blessings into your physical life.
Author: Suzanne Wylde Publisher: North Atlantic Books ISBN: 162317175X Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 225
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Manage everyday pain with this effective, trainer-approved program that uses resistance stretching to increase strength, release tension, rejuvenate tissues—and much more. This accessible guide gives step-by-step instructions for people who feel tight or older than they should, people with poor posture, athletes who want to boost their performance, and those who want something more than conventional stretching. This book provides you with many different stretches for the whole body including the hands and feet, as well as routines for specific goals such as improving posture, helping office workers stay healthy, stretching the back, and more. Even those with sedentary lives will see and feel a difference, with just 10-20 minutes of stretching yielding benefits that may last the whole day. Many of us are limited in our movements, hunched over, or tight. Ideally, we would move in a variety of ways throughout the day, keeping our bodies fresh and youthful. However, office jobs and sofas can lead to bodies that are imprisoned in a cage of tension, whose tissue is dehydrated and stuck together, with some areas that are very weak or tight. Normal stretching is not strong enough to break us out of that state. When we tense our bodies and move through that tension, we engage the fascia and recondition it into a more youthful state, restoring great posture, elasticity, and power.
Author: Publisher: R.I.C. Publications ISBN: 1741266688 Category : Force and energy Languages : en Pages : 89
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"Moving is one of a series of four books designed specifically for lower primary students. Moving utilises familiar aspects of students' lives, environments and experiences to investigate concepts of dance, physical activites, animal movement, forces, energy and power." -- Foreword.
Author: Chris Woodford Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0756667658 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 66
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You and the world around you are full of Energy. From the food you eat to the awesome power of the stars, energy is a part of everything in the Universe. How much energy is there in a bolt of lightning? Why is there more heat in an iceberg than a cup of tea? Find out how energy affects your daily life, the ways it is released, how plants and animals use energy in extreme climates and see for yourself how energy is all around us with Energy.
Author: Trevor Letcher Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0128245115 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 874
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Storing Energy: With Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources, Second Edition has been fully revised and substantially extended to provide up-to-date and essential discussion that will support the needs of the world's future energy and climate change policies. New sections cover thermal energy storage, tidal storage, sustainability issues in relation to storing energy and impacts on global energy markets. Various systems are discussed, including mechanical/kinetic, thermal, electrochemical and other chemical, as well as other emerging technologies. Incorporating advancements described in the book will help the people of the world further overcome the problems related to future energy and climate change. - Covers all types of energy storage systems, allowing and encouraging comparisons to be made - Written by world experts in the field to provide the latest developments in this fast moving and vital technology - Covers the technical, environmental, social and political aspects related to the storing of energy, and in particular, renewable energy
Author: Laura Watts Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 0262349663 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 441
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Making local energy futures, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel, at the edge of the world. The islands of Orkney, off the northern coast of Scotland, are closer to the Arctic Circle than to London. Surrounded by fierce seas and shrouded by clouds and mist, the islands seem to mark the edge of the known world. And yet they are a center for energy technology innovation, from marine energy to hydrogen fuel networks, attracting the interest of venture capitalists and local communities. In this book, Laura Watts tells a story of making energy futures at the edge of the world. Orkney, Watts tells us, has been making technology for six thousand years, from arrowheads and stone circles to wave and tide energy prototypes. Artifacts and traces of all the ages—Stone, Bronze, Iron, Viking, Silicon—are visible everywhere. The islanders turned to energy innovation when forced to contend with an energy infrastructure they had outgrown. Today, Orkney is home to the European Marine Energy Centre, established in 2003. There are about forty open-sea marine energy test facilities in the world, many of which draw on Orkney expertise. The islands generate more renewable energy than they use, are growing hydrogen fuel and electric car networks, and have hundreds of locally owned micro wind turbines and a decade-old smart grid. Mixing storytelling and ethnography, empiricism and lyricism, Watts tells an Orkney energy saga—an account of how the islands are creating their own low-carbon future in the face of the seemingly impossible. The Orkney Islands, Watts shows, are playing a long game, making energy futures for another six thousand years.
Author: Robert U. Ayres
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