Have you ever pondered residing off the grid? Does the possibility of self-enough survival enchantment you? Is resourcefulness a talent you have constantly desired to hone? If your solution to those questions is "yes," you have come to the proper place. This complete manual will display you the ropes of the survivalist lifestyle, train you in severa skills, and introduce ready-to-observe DIY initiatives to your non-public sustenance. In this book, you will: Familiarize your self with each day of...
Releasedatum: 2022-09-26 105,00 kr
“A gripping, suspenseful page-turner” ( Kirkus Reviews ) with a “fast-paced, detailed narrative that moves like a thriller” ( International Business Times ), Fukushima teams two leading experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists, David Lochbaum and Edwin Lyman, with award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan to give us the first definitive account of the 2011 disaster that led to the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. Four years have passed since the day the world watched in...
Releasedatum: 2015-02-10 169,00 kr
Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear institutions with Taylor and shows us how close we are to terrorist attacks employing homemade nuclear weaponry.
Releasedatum: 2011-04-01 105,00 kr
Get yourself a self-enough electricity supply with a DIY sun gadget. Do you need to make sure that you and your circle of relatives will have endured getting admission to power, warm water, and heating even in a disaster or herbal disaster? Would you want to make your house electricity unbiased withinside the occasion of an electricity grid failure? If you responded sure to any of those questions, then DIY Off-Grid Solar Power for Preppers is the book you had been searching for. And in case you ...
Releasedatum: 2022-09-26 105,00 kr
From an engineer and futurist, an impassioned account of technological stagnation since the 1970s and an imaginative blueprint for a richer, more abundant future The science fiction of the 1960s promised us a future remade by technological innovation: we’d vacation in geodesic domes on Mars, have meaningful conversations with computers, and drop our children off at school in flying cars. Fast-forward 60 years, and we’re still stuck in traffic in gas-guzzling sedans and boarding the same type...
Releasedatum: 2021-11-30 95,00 kr
A Financial Times BEST BOOKS OF 2021 'Engaging, authoritative and very timely. Marco Alverà spells Hydrogen's critical role as an energy store in the clean power transition' - Mike Berners-Lee, author of THERE IS NO PLANET B Picture this: It's 2050. The looming shadow of climate change is finally receding. The planet's temperature is stabilising. Rainforests and coral reefs beginning to thrive once more. We are returning to equilibrium with nature. This isn't wishful thinking; it can be our rea...
Releasedatum: 2021-08-26 Genre:Yrkesrelaterat och teknik > Teknik 39,00 kr
World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource Oil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be no planes, no plastic, no exotic produce, and a global political landscape few would recognise. Humanity’s dependence upon oil looks set to continue for decades to come, but what is it? Fully updated and packed with fascinating facts to fuel dinner party debate, Professor Vaclav Smil's Oil: A Beginner's Guide ex...
Releasedatum: 2017-11-02 Genre:Yrkesrelaterat och teknik > Teknik 75,00 kr
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction 'At heart a David and Goliath story fit for the movies ... [A] valuable, discomforting book' The New York Times Book Review Seven years in the making, Amity and Prosperity tells the story of the energy boom's impact on a small town at the edge of Appalachia and of one woman's transformation from a struggling single parent to an unlikely activist. Stacey Haney is a local nurse working hard to raise two kids and keep up her small farm when t...
Releasedatum: 2019-06-04 Genre:Yrkesrelaterat och teknik > Teknik 49,00 kr
Vi måste minska användningen av fossila energikällor och gå över till förnyelsebar solenergi, vind- och vågenergi, vattenkraft, bioenergi i form av biogas, pellets, flis, ved och geotermisk energi m.m. På 88 minuter träffas jorden av solenergi som motsvarar den globala energikonsumtionen över ett år. Solcell-ler ger elektricitet som är förnybar, fri från utsläpp av växthusgaser och den kan produceras utan att störa djur, natur eller människor och med den snabba utveckling som v...
Releasedatum: 2019-01-16 25,00 kr
Sizing is the first step in solar PV system design. It is the most important part of PV system design and founded on it, everything is worked upon. Over the years, many systems have failed, not because of incorrect installation, or equipment failure. It was because the owner thought that he would get more power than the system could deliver. In recent studies, it has been seen that 10-25% of new PV solar installations have huge installation and sizing problems that will result in significantly d...
Releasedatum: 2013-12-10 269,00 kr
In March 2013, Japanese researchers announced a breakthrough in the extraction of natural gas from methane hydrates. This marked the latest important development in the quest for energy from methane hydrate, known as the ice that burns. This ebook presents a comprehensive collection of up-to-date publications about this vital new resource, covering all aspects of the field, including the possible effects of hydrate gas production on climate change. Contents include: Energy Resource Potential of ...
Releasedatum: 2013-03-16 99,00 kr
Biofuels and Rural Poverty makes an original contribution to the current controversial global debate on biofuels, in particular the consequences that large-scale production of transport fuel substitutes can have on rural areas, principally in developing countries but also in some poor rural areas of developed countries. Three key concerns are examined from a North-South perspective: ecological issues (related to land use and biodiversity), pro-poor policies (related to food and land securi...
Releasedatum: 2013-01-17 399,00 kr
The latest developments on government safety rules to protect underground sources of drinking water from the impact of fracking for oil and natural gas are covered in this updated ebook, which provides extensive information about the important controversy over hydraulic fracturing for shale gas. It contains a large collection of up-to-date official documents and publications on the risks and rewards of shale gas. The newest material includes EPA coverage of the underground injection control (UIC...
Releasedatum: 2012-05-24 99,00 kr