Sustainable Mobility : Renewable Energies for Powering Fuel Cell Vehicles
Raphael. Edinger
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Santa Barbara : : ABC-CLIO, , 2003.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (144 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Theory of Sustainability; 3 Environmental Effects and Public Consequences; 4 Energy for Mobility; 5 Technology for Sustainable Transportation; 6 Mobility for Developing Countries; 7 Toward Sustainable Mobility; Appendix: Units and Conversion Factors; Bibliography; Index. - With energy consumption rising and with it our dependence on crude oil from politically uncertain regions, and faced with the threat to the environment from polluting emissions, it is becoming ever more evident that fuels from renewable resources are an increasingly attractive option to fossil fuels. Edinger and Kaul, like a growing number of other experts, hold the mobility of populations-transportation, in other words-responsposible for the rise in the rate of greenhouse gas emissions, a condition that can only get worse as less developed regions of the world emerge with their own needs and
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| ISBN | 1567204848
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