Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 1 ppsx

... generating capacity 11 9 Figure 23 World and US shipments of PV cells 11 9 Figure 24 Atmospheric CO 2 concentrations (plotted from data available from the Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis ... rising water vapor, a hand lifted in a gesture, a soaring bird, or an ascending rocket. Water stored behind a dam in order to fall on turbine blades and generate electricity is a pract...

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... (nm) X-rays radio waves micro- waves thermal infrared ultraviolet gamma rays wavelength (µm) visible gp 0. 01 3 x 10 -5 10 3 10 6 10 6 10 5 10 4 10 3 10 2 10 1 10 0 10 -1 10 -2 10 -3 10 -4 10 -5 0.28 5.50 infra- red Figure ... h 10 2 kilo k 10 3 mega M 10 6 giga G 10 9 tera T 10 12 peta P 10 15 exa E 10 18 zeta Z 10 21 yota Y 10 24 Mega, g...

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... guide 34 North American plate Caribbean plate South American plate Cocos plate Pacific plate Antarctic plate Philippine plate Australian plate Indian plate Eurasian plate Arabian plate African plate Nazca plate Scotia ... estimates for other large modern eruptions are: Krakatoa, 1. 7 EJ, Bezymyannyi (Kamchatka), in 19 56, 3.9 EJ, Sakurajima (Japan), in 19 14, 4.6 EJ, and Tambora, in 18...

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... and advances modern agriculture global average Chinese average traditional farming shifting agriculture pastoralism foraging anthropomass (kg/ha) 10 -1 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 Figure 12 Population densities ... of tiny autotrophs, including bacteria, cyanobacteria, archaea (unicellular organisms that are outwardly indistinguishable from bacteria but have a distinct genetic make-up) an...

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... civilization 87 10 -1 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 18 80 19 00 19 20 19 40 19 60 19 80 2000 200 019 00 19 20 19 40 19 60 19 80 10 9 10 10 10 11 10 12 USA USA UK China world world Russia Russia Japan natural gas production electricity ... 2000 10 7 10 8 10 9 10 10 10 6 10 7 10 8 10 9 10 10 world USA UK China Russia world USA Russia Saudi Arab...

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... reciprocating motion. James Watt’s (17 36 18 19) famous improvements, patented in 17 69, included a separate steam condenser, an insulated steam jacket around the cylinder, and an air pump to maintain ... December 17 on a beach in North Carolina. Aeroengines and airplanes developed far more rapidly than cars: the English Channel was crossed in 19 09 and by 19 14 plans were in place t...

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... experi- enced particularly acid rain from the late 19 60s, and it affected the eastern third of the US and neighboring parts of Canada from the late 19 70s. Acid rain damages sensitive fish and amphibians, ... deficit and imports natural gas from Canada and liquefied natural gas from overseas. Natural gas now provides nearly a quarter of the world’s primary commercial energy. The best avai...

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... only all fairly affluent tropical and subtropical places (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan) but also to the urban middle class of monsoonal Asia (from Pakistan to the Philippines) and humid Latin ... essential dietary amino acids. As animal proteins became more affordable, traditional legume intakes tumbled to around 1 kg in Europe and below 3 kg annually in North America and Japan. Among...

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... claim roughly 500,000 km 2 , an area as large as Spain. But hydroenergy can be also harnessed on a smaller scale, and many Asian, African, and Latin American coun- tries have excellent potential ... East, Southeast Asia, and Alaska), and the US (mainly from Algeria and Trinidad). South Korea and Taiwan are the other major Asian importers, soon to be joined by China. In comparison to large-...

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... 15 6 future 15 6–76 gas coal 94, 11 2 greenhouse 24, 28–9, 10 1, 12 3–4, 16 2, 16 4 liquefied natural (LNG) 15 5 natural 12 , 87, 10 1, 10 7, 11 0 11 , 13 8, 15 4–5, 17 4 gasoline 10 4, 10 6–8, 14 0– 41, 14 3, 14 7, 15 3, 17 2–73 General ... Page 17 4 accidents 14 0, 14 6 acids amino 57 aerosols 12 0 1 agriculture 66–72 and energy 67–72, 15 1–2 traditional 66–72...

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