Energy Lessons

Energy Lessons

Martin Knox

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Editorial:
Novel Ideas
Año de edición:
2024
ISBN:
9781763647206
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A COURSE IN SPECTACULAR CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CURIOUS MATURE STUDENTSText questions with answers after every chapter.The book engages with the science and technology of energy supply and consumption, in 41 easy ’lessons’, with latest thinking in climate science. Each lesson has discussion with students of the physics of energy, energy technologies, dietary energy, climate theories, infrared radiation, pollution, nuclear energy and other topics from personal experience.Can Australians tackle carbon dioxide the way they did previous pollution: smog, mercury, DDT, lead, petroleum, chlorofluorocarbons, radioactive fallout? Is the future of energy supply safe in the hands of capitalists, government and corporate leaders, whose interest is in profits and votes?Images of climate change have enabled spectacular obeisance to renewable energy technology.This is the tenth novel Martin Knox has published. He has worked in nuclear, oil and coal industries, taught senior science students and written textbooks about energy and climate science. He has distilled learnings from his career in energy and post-modern philosophy, for your instruction and enjoyment. This book has learnings essential to understanding of climate change.

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