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An account of how the global economy can and must replace its dependence on fossil fuels with solar and renewable energy - and the enormous and multiple benefits which will follow. The author explodes the myth that fossil fuel is cheaper and maps the road towards renewable energy that will create a genuinely sustainable global economy - and the only secure prospects for future prosperity that can be shared worldwide. Scheer's book offers an alternative...
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"The discovery of caged carbon structures, in 1985, established a whole new field of carbon chemistry. Unlike graphite and diamond, these structures known as fullerenes are finite in structure and are relevant to a wide variety of fields including supramolecular assemblies, nanostructures, optoelectronic devices and a whole range of biological activities." "Fullerenes: Principles and Applications discusses all aspects of this field. The sections include:...
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Early use of the sun -- Solar architecture in ancient Greece -- Roman solar architecture -- Burning mirrors -- Heat for horticulture -- Solar hot boxes -- Power from the sun -- The first solar motors -- Two Amerian pioneers [John Ericsson, Aubrey Eneas] -- Low temperature solar motors -- The first practical solar engine -- Solar water heating -- Early solar water heaters -- Hot water -- day and night -- A flourishing solar industry -- Solar house...
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