Powering the future [electronic resource] : how we will (eventually) solve the energy crisis and fuel the civilization of tomorrow / Robert B. Laughlin.
2011
TJ808 .L365 2011eb
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Title
Powering the future [electronic resource] : how we will (eventually) solve the energy crisis and fuel the civilization of tomorrow / Robert B. Laughlin.
Author
Laughlin, Robert B.
ISBN
9780465022199 (hardback)
9780465027941 (e-book)
9780465027941 (e-book)
Publication Details
New York : Basic Books, c2011.
Language
English
Description
vii, 224 p.
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TJ808 .L365 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.79
Summary
"In Powering the Future, Nobel laureate Robert B. Laughlin transports us two centuries into the future, when we've ceased to use carbon from the ground-either because humans have banned carbon burning or because fuel has simply run out. Boldly, Laughlin predicts no earth-shattering transformations will have taken place. Six generations from now, there will still be soccer moms, shopping malls, and business trips. Firesides will still be snug and warm. How will we do it? Not by discovering a magic bullet to slay our energy problems, but through a slew of fascinating technologies, drawing on wind, water, and fire. Powering the Future is an objective yet optimistic tour through alternative fuel sources, set in a world where we've burned every last drop of petroleum and every last shovelful of coal"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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