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020			_a9781107698369
082			_a333.794 _bPAG-R
100			_aPagnoni, Gian Andrea
100			_aRoche, Stephen
245			_aRenaissance of renewable energy
260			_bCambridge University Press _c2015 _aNew York
300			_aix, 294p.
504			_aInclude Reference and Index
520			_aThis book provides detailed yet easily understandable information about sustainable energy alternatives in the context of growing public concern about climate change, the impending fuel crisis and environmental degradation. It deals with the history of energy use and the factors that have led to the current interest in energy alternatives and assesses the chance of renewable energy replacing fossil fuels in the future. The authors manage to make a highly complex and often intimidating subject not only accessible but also engaging and entertaining. This book unpacks but never simplifies the science of energy, leavening the more technical passages with anecdotes, metaphors, examples and imagery. By also dealing with the history, politics and economics of energy use, it offers both scientific and non-scientific readers a deeper understanding of the most important issue of our age.
650			_aEnvironment _vEnergy consumption _vRenewable energy sources
942			_2ddc _cBK