{"product_id":"energy-the-environment-climate-change-9781848164161","title":"Energy, the Environment \u0026 Climate Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Hodgson Peter E\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Imperial College Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Energy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a comprehensive account of all significant energy sources, evaluated according to their capacity, reliability, cost, safety and effects on the environment. Non-renewable sources (for example, coal, oil, gas and nuclear fuel) together with renewable sources like wood, hydro, biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, ocean thermal, and tidal; are considered. Also, nuclear radiations and the disposal of nuclear waste and the future of nuclear power are assessed, as well as pollution and acid rain, the greenhouse effects and climate change. Its social, political and moral problems are discussed, with a special mention of the opposition to nuclear power.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imperial College Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47607239147671,"sku":"9781848164161","price":5967.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781848164161.webp?v=1775045882","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/energy-the-environment-climate-change-9781848164161","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}