The Burning Answer

Author : Keith Barnham
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 0297869647
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burning Answer written by Keith Barnham and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our civilisation stands on the brink of catastrophe. Our thirst for energy has led to threats from global warming, nuclear disaster and conflict in oil-rich countries. We are running out of options. Solar power, Keith Barnham argues, is the answer. In this eye-opening book, he shows how a solar revolution is developing based on one of Einstein's lesser known discoveries, one that gave us laptop computers and mobile phones. An accessible guide to renewable technology and a hard-hitting critique of the arguments of solar sceptics, The Burning Answer outlines a future in which the fuel for electric cars will be generated on our rooftops. It is, above all, an impassioned call to arms to join the solar revolution before it's too late.

Author : Keith Barnham
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605987778
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burning Answer written by Keith Barnham and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our society faces a choice. We could be enjoying a sustainable lifestyle but we have chosen not to. In three generations we have consumed half the oil produced by photosynthesis over eight million generations. In two generations we have used half our uranium resources. With threats from global warming, oil depletion and nuclear disaster, we are running out of options. Solar power, as Keith Barnham says, is our necessary solution.Barnham explains that the roots of solar energy lie in a little known equation E=hf, an equation which was coincidentally celebrated (and explained to the world) by Einstein in the same year he discovered E=mc2. He alleges that the former equation has been overlooked in favor of the latter, much to our detriment, and Barnham is here to offer us a solution: We can still turn things around and solar energy is the key.In this provocative, inspiring, passionately argued book, Keith Barnham outlines actions that any one and all of us can take to make an impact now and on future generations. The Burning Answer is a solar manifesto for the new climate-aware generation and a must-read for climate-change skeptics.

Author : J. J.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Strength in Weakness; or, the Burning bush not consumed. Being an answer, formerly published under this title, to two letters written by James Naylor. To which is now added several other papers written since by the same hand, whereof one is intituled. The secret shootings of the wicked reproved. With a reply thereunto, as also to the rest respectively. By J. J. [i.e. John Jackson], etc. or [i.e. J. Ives.] written by J. J. and published by . This book was released on 1655 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mike Berners-Lee
Publisher : Greystone Books
ISBN 13 : 1771640081
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burning Question written by Mike Berners-Lee and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burning Question reveals climate change to be the most fascinating scientific, political and social puzzle in history. It shows that carbon emissions are still accelerating upwards, following an exponential curve that goes back centuries. One reason is that saving energy is like squeezing a balloon: reductions in one place lead to increases elsewhere. Another reason is that clean energy sources don't in themselves slow the rate of fossil fuel extraction. Tackling global warming will mean persuading the world to abandon oil, coal and gas reserves worth many trillions of dollars — at least until we have the means to put carbon back in the ground. The burning question is whether that can be done. What mix of politics, psychology, economics and technology might be required? Are the energy companies massively overvalued, and how will carbon-cuts affect the global economy? Will we wake up to the threat in time? And who can do what to make it all happen?

Author : United States. National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America Burning written by United States. National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The striking aspect of the Nation's fire problem is the indifference with which Americans confront the subject. Destructive fire takes a huge toll in lives, injuries, and property losses, yet there is no need to accept those losses with resignation. There are many measures, often very simple precautions, that can be taken to reduce those losses significantly. To encourage solutions to these problems, the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control has made recommendations in this report.

Author : United States. National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control
Publisher : Fema
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America Burning; Report written by United States. National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control and published by Fema. This book was released on 1973 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire in to the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States written by United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Scott W. Berg
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0804197849
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burning of the World written by Scott W. Berg and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enthralling story of the Great Chicago Fire and the power struggle over the city’s reconstruction in the wake of the tragedy In October of 1871, Chicagoans knew they were due for the “big one”—a massive, uncontrollable fire that would decimate the city. There hadn’t been a meaningful rain since July, and several big blazes had nearly outstripped the fire department’s scant resources. On October 8, when Kate Leary’s barn caught fire, so began a catastrophe that would forever change the soul of the city. Leary was a diligent, hardworking Irish woman, no more responsible for the fire than anyone else in the city at that time. But the conflagration that spread from her property quickly overtook the neighborhood, and before too long the floating embers had spread to the far reaches of the city. Families took to the streets with everything they could carry. Grain towers threatened to blow. The Chicago River boiled. Over the course of the next forty-eight hours, Chicago saw the biggest and most destructive disaster the United States had ever endured, and Leary would be its scapegoat. Out of the ashes rose not just new skyscrapers, tenements, and homes, but also a new political order. The city’s elite saw an opportunity to rebuild on their terms, cracking down on crime and licentiousness and fortifying a business-friendly environment. But the city’s working class recognized a naked power grab that would challenge their traditions, hurt their chances of rebuilding, and move power out of elected officials’ hands and into private interests. As quickly as the firefight ended, another battle for the future of the city began between the town’s business elites and the poor and immigrant working class. An enrapturing account of the fire’s devastating path and an eye-opening look at its aftermath, The Burning of the World tells the story of one of the most infamous calamities in history and the powerful transformation that followed.

Author : USA House of Representatives
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book House Documents written by USA House of Representatives and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States: Testimony taken by the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states: South Carolina (June 6-July 27, 1871) written by United States. Congress. Joint Select Committee on the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: