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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The 1970s were a decade of historic American energy crises - major
interruptions in oil supplies from the Middle East, the country's
most dangerous nuclear accident, and chronic shortages of natural
gas. In Energy Crises, Jay Hakes brings his expertise in energy and
presidential history to bear on the questions of why these crises
occurred, how different choices might have prevented or ameliorated
them, and what they have meant for the half-century since - and
likely the half-century ahead. Hakes deftly intertwines the
domestic and international aspects of the long-misunderstood fuel
shortages that still affect our lives today. This approach, drawing
on previously unavailable and inaccessible records, affords an
insider's view of decision-making by three U.S. presidents, the
influence of their sometimes-combative aides, and their often
tortuous relations with the rulers of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Hakes
skillfully dissects inept federal attempts to regulate oil prices
and allocation, but also identifies the decade's more positive
legacies - from the nation's first massive commitment to the
development of alternative energy sources other than nuclear power,
to the initial movement toward a less polluting, more efficient
energy economy. The 1970s brought about a tectonic shift in the
world of energy. Tracing these consequences to their origins in
policy and practice, Hakes makes their lessons available at a
critical moment - as the nation faces the challenge of climate
change resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.
In the last five years of the twentieth century, films by the
second and third generation of the so-called German guest workers
exploded onto the German film landscape. Self-confident,
articulate, and dynamic, these films situate themselves in the
global exchange of cinematic images, citing and rewriting American
gangster narratives, Kung Fu action films, and paralleling other
emergent European minority cinemas. This, the first book-length
study on the topic, will function as an introduction to this
emergent and growing cinema and offer a survey of important films
and directors of the last two decades. In addition, it intervenes
in the theoretical debates about Turkish German culture by engaging
with different methodological approaches that originate in film
studies.
Carbon Capture and Storage technologies (CCS) are moving from
experiment toward commercial applications at a rapid pace, driven
by urgent demand for carbon mitigation strategies. This book
examines the potential role of CCS from four perspectives:
technology development, economic competitiveness, environmental and
safety impacts, and social acceptance. IEK-STE of Forschungszentrum
Juelich presents this interdisciplinary study on CCS, based on
methods of Integrated Technology Assessment. Following an
introductory chapter by editor Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs, Part I of the
book surveys the status of carbon capture technologies, and
assesses the potential for research and development of applications
that are useful at scales required for meaningful mitigation.
Transportation, Utilization and Environmental Aspects of CO2
receive chapter-length treatments, and the section concludes with
an examination of safe geological storage of CO2 based on the
example of the Ketzin pilot site, not far from Berlin. Part II
covers Economic and Societal Perspectives. The first chapter
discusses the use of CCS in the energy sector, analyzing costs
associated with electricity generation and CO2 mitigation on the
basis of technology-specific cost and process parameters, along
with a merit-order illustration of the possible implications of CCS
facilities for energy costs. Later chapters outline the costs of
CCS application in energy- and CO2-intensive industries; analyze
system characteristics of CCS infrastructures, showing that the
infrastructure cost function depends on the ratio of fixed to
variable costs, as well as on the spatial distribution of CO2
sources and storage facilities; interpret cross-sector carbon
mitigation strategies and their impacts on the energy and CO2
balance; and discuss awareness and knowledge of CCS, attitudes
towards it, and how the risks and benefits of CCS are perceived.
Part III discusses the Framework for Energy and Climate Policy,
with chapters on acceptance and adoption of CCS policy in Germany,
and the EU, and an assessment of international cooperation in
support of CCS. The final chapter summarizes the central arguments,
discusses the potential role of carbon capture and utilization as
part of a German transformation strategy, and extrapolates the
findings to European and international contexts.
A great deal of attention continues to focus on Berlin's cultural
and political landscape after the fall of the Berlin Wall, but as
yet, no single volume looks at the divided city through an
interdisciplinary analysis. This volume examines how the city was
conceived, perceived, and represented during the four decades
preceding reunification and thereby offers a unique perspective on
divided Berlin's identities. German historians, art historians,
architectural historians, and literary and cultural studies
scholars explore the divisions and antagonisms that defined East
and West Berlin; and by tracing the little studied similarities and
extensive exchanges that occurred despite the presence of the
Berlin Wall, they present an indispensible study on the politics
and culture of the Cold War.
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