Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 2 pptx
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 2 pptx
... and measures
19
ch1.064 copy 05/03 /20 06 3 :27 PM Page 19
radiation (and then re-radiate it down and up) change a planet’s
average radiative temperature (this it what makes Venus too hot and
Mars ... N. And it is even less appreci-
ated that the peaks of noon summer insolation are virtually identical
in Jakarta (Indonesia’s capital, located at 6° S), and Edmonton
(Alberta’s capital, nearly...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 3 pptx
... 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 ... Florida and the
East Coast. Their Asian counterparts (typhoons) originate above
very warm Pacific waters near the Mariannas, move westward and
repeatedly affect large parts...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 7 pptx
... year of systematic measurements at two
American observatories, Mauna Loa in Hawaii and the South Pole
(Figure 24 ). In 20 04 the Mauna Loa readings, taken as the standard
indicator of the planet’s ... 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 available ac...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 1 ppsx
... rocket. Water
stored behind a dam in order to fall on turbine blades and generate
electricity is a practical example of using gravitational potential
energy to a great economic advantage: nearly ... works 22
Sun and earth: solar radiation and its return 25
Air and water: media in motion 29
The earth’s heat: refashioning the planet 33
Photosynthesis: reactions and rates 38
Hetero...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 4 potx
... animate to inanimate prime movers (and from biomass to
fossil fuels) is yet to be completed in large parts of Asia and most of
sub-Saharan Africa, where human and animal muscle (and wood
and charcoal) ... (for chasing
deer or antelopes) among the Paiute, Navajo, Goshute, Papago,
Tarahumara, and Seri Indian tribes in the North American southwest
and northern Mexico, while the Kalahari Basarwa...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 5 pot
... transformed international trade into a mass-scale and truly global
affair. Finally, advances in electronics have multiplied the availability
of information to such an extent that any owner of an ... than 500 W) did not have a few large
sails but rather many narrow blades (slats) radiating from solid or
energy: a beginner’s guide
82
everyday pumping operations the wheel generated a...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 6 pot
... early 1880s, and in Japan and Russia wood
dominated until after World War I. Coal fueled the transition of
traditional artisanal economies to modern mass manufacturing and
made steam engines the ... locomotives and
the entire assembly peddles non-stop between mine and power
plant. Large coal barges are used on major rivers. Overseas shipments
(Australia, China, Indonesia and South Africa are...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 8 pps
... that the coldest state, North Dakota, has
about 2. 6 times as many as does the warmest, Florida, while the
Canadian values, based on 18 °C, show Vancouver has less than
3,000 and Winipeg nearly ... 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 the...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 9 pot
... take place between Venezuela and Brazil,
Paraguay and Brazil, and Mozambique and South Africa. Most
European countries participate in a complex trade in electricity,
taking advantage of seasonally ... 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 lar...
Energy A Beginner’s Guide Part 10 ppt
... primary (NPP) 42 3
proteins 57–8, 63, 67, 131 2
rain
acid 120 2
radiation
balance of the Earth 23 , 27 –8, 31
infrared (IR) 26 , 28
solar 16, 18, 23 –9, 31, 39, 42, 85, 158, 170
ultraviolet (UV) 26 –7, ... information sharing and international
co-operation, and can take advantage of various administrative,
economic, and legal tools aimed at promoting the necessary adjust-
ments, f...