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Coal (Paperback)
MC Thurber
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R485
Discovery Miles 4 850
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in
prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age - and it
still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than
any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major
emerging markets. And yet, continued reliance on this ancient rock
carries a high price in smog and greenhouse gases. We use coal
because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground, cheap to
move, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental
controls. In this book, Mark Thurber explains how coal producers,
users, financiers, and technology exporters drive this supply
chain, while fragmented environmental movements battle for full
incorporation of environmental costs into the global calculus of
coal. Delving into the politics of energy versus the environment at
local, national, and international levels, Thurber paints a vivid
picture of the multi-faceted challenges associated with continued
coal production and use in the twenty-first century.
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Coal (Hardcover)
MC Thurber
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R1,483
Discovery Miles 14 830
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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By making available the almost unlimited energy stored in
prehistoric plant matter, coal enabled the industrial age - and it
still does. Coal today generates more electricity worldwide than
any other energy source, helping to drive economic growth in major
emerging markets. And yet, continued reliance on this ancient rock
carries a high price in smog and greenhouse gases. We use coal
because it is cheap: cheap to scrape from the ground, cheap to
move, cheap to burn in power plants with inadequate environmental
controls. In this book, Mark Thurber explains how coal producers,
users, financiers, and technology exporters drive this supply
chain, while fragmented environmental movements battle for full
incorporation of environmental costs into the global calculus of
coal. Delving into the politics of energy versus the environment at
local, national, and international levels, Thurber paints a vivid
picture of the multi-faceted challenges associated with continued
coal production and use in the twenty-first century.
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