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Fuel Cells in the Waste-to-Energy Chain

Distributed Generation Through Non-Conventional Fuels and Fuel Cells

by Stephen J. McPhail, Viviana Cigolotti, Angelo Moreno ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
As the availability of fossils fuels becomes more limited, the negative impact of their consumption becomes an increasingly relevant factor in our choices with regards to primary energy sources. The exponentially increasing demand for energy is reflected in the mass generation of by-products and waste flows which characterize current society’s development and use of fossil sources. The potential ... Read more

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As the availability of fossils fuels becomes more limited, the negative impact of their consumption becomes an increasingly relevant factor in our choices with regards to primary energy sources. The exponentially increasing demand for energy is reflected in the mass generation of by-products and waste flows which characterize current society’s development and use of fossil sources. The potential
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Greatest Hits

by Harlan Ellison ...

Narrated by Harlan Ellison, various narrators, Tim Lounibos, Hillary Huber, Neil Hellegers, Edoardo Ballerini, Dion Graham0, Grover Gardner1, Robert Fass2, Stefan Rudnicki3, Scott Brick4, Steven Jay Cohen5, Angelo Di Loreto6, Luis Moreno7 ...

Unabridged

17 hours 35 min

A collection of award-winning short stories by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winnerHarlan Ellison’s work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the twentieth century, and this collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as listeners ... Read more

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A collection of award-winning short stories by Harlan Ellison, an eight-time Hugo Award winner, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and four-time Nebula Award winnerHarlan Ellison’s work shaped the science-fiction, fantasy, and horror genres in the twentieth century, and this collection of his best-known and most-acclaimed stories is a perfect treasury for old Ellison fans as well as listeners
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A Girl Walks into the Forest

by Madeleine Roux ...

Narrated by Robyn Holdaway ...

Unabridged

9 hours 53 min

*BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE*Midsommar meets The Shadows Between Us in this ruthlessly female-forward story about a chewed-up-and-spit-out heroine who must lean on the brutality of nature and her biggest fears in order to in order to win back what’s she's been robbed of: her life.For as long as she can remember, Valla’s been told her beauty would give her a life most people only dreamed of. So when ... Read more

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*BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE*Midsommar meets The Shadows Between Us in this ruthlessly female-forward story about a chewed-up-and-spit-out heroine who must lean on the brutality of nature and her biggest fears in order to in order to win back what’s she's been robbed of: her life.For as long as she can remember, Valla’s been told her beauty would give her a life most people only dreamed of. So when
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We Are Where the Nightmares Go and Other Stories

by C. Robert Cargill ...

Narrated by James Patrick Cronin, Vikas Adam ...

Unabridged

9 hours 10 min

From the critically acclaimed author of Sea of Rust and Queen of the Dark Things comes a hair-raising collection of short fiction that illuminates the strange, humorous, fantastical, and downright diabolical that tantalize and terrorize us: demons, monsters, zombie dinosaurs, and Death itself.In the novella ""The Soul Thief’s Son"" C. Robert Cargill returns to the terrain of the Queen of the Dark ... Read more

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From the critically acclaimed author of Sea of Rust and Queen of the Dark Things comes a hair-raising collection of short fiction that illuminates the strange, humorous, fantastical, and downright diabolical that tantalize and terrorize us: demons, monsters, zombie dinosaurs, and Death itself.In the novella ""The Soul Thief’s Son"" C. Robert Cargill returns to the terrain of the Queen of the Dark
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After World

A Novel

by Debbie Urbanski ...

Narrated by Sura Siu, Emily Tremaine, Cindy Kay, Kevin R. Free ...

Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

Winner of the 2025 ASLE Creative Writing Book Award and the CNY Book Award for Fiction**A Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Engadget, Strange Horizons, and Booklist Best Book of the YearA Climate Reality Project Book Club PickAn “intelligent, defiant” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut that follows an Artificial Intelligence tasked with writing a novel—only for it to fall in love with the ... Read more

$25.99 USD

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Winner of the 2025 ASLE Creative Writing Book Award and the CNY Book Award for Fiction**A Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Engadget, Strange Horizons, and Booklist Best Book of the YearA Climate Reality Project Book Club PickAn “intelligent, defiant” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut that follows an Artificial Intelligence tasked with writing a novel—only for it to fall in love with the
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Energy Democracy

Germany’s Energiewende to Renewables

by Craig Morris, Arne Jungjohann ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. It traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from the Power Rebels of Schönau to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shutdown of eight nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The authors explore ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This book outlines how Germans convinced their politicians to pass laws allowing citizens to make their own energy, even when it hurt utility companies to do so. It traces the origins of the Energiewende movement in Germany from the Power Rebels of Schönau to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s shutdown of eight nuclear power plants following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident. The authors explore
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Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution

The Energy Return on Investment

by Pedro A. Prieto, Charles A. S. Hall ...

Series series Energy (R0)
The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from a particular energy source divided by the energy expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. EROI is an essential and seemingly simple measure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that should ... Read more

$62.99 USD

The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from a particular energy source divided by the energy expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. EROI is an essential and seemingly simple measure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that should
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Renewable Biofuels

Bioconversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass by Microbial Community

by Vandana Rana, Diwakar Rana ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book offers a complete introduction for novices to understand key concepts of biocatalysis and how to produce in-house enzymes that can be used for low-cost biofuels production. The authors discuss the challenges involved in the commercialization of the biofuel industry, given the expense of commercial enzymes used for lignocellulose conversion. They describe the limitations in the process, ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book offers a complete introduction for novices to understand key concepts of biocatalysis and how to produce in-house enzymes that can be used for low-cost biofuels production. The authors discuss the challenges involved in the commercialization of the biofuel industry, given the expense of commercial enzymes used for lignocellulose conversion. They describe the limitations in the process,
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The Nuclear Imperative

A Critical Look at the Approaching Energy Crisis (More Physics for Presidents)

by Jeff Eerkens ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
In this well documented global wake-up call, nuclear physicist Jeff Eerkens explores remedies for the impending energy crisis, when oil and natural gas are depleted. Because burning coal worsens the problem of global warming, alternate energy sources must be instituted. The Nuclear Imperative demonstrates with scientific documentation that solar, wind, and biomass power alone, while helpful, are ... Read more

$143.09 USD

In this well documented global wake-up call, nuclear physicist Jeff Eerkens explores remedies for the impending energy crisis, when oil and natural gas are depleted. Because burning coal worsens the problem of global warming, alternate energy sources must be instituted. The Nuclear Imperative demonstrates with scientific documentation that solar, wind, and biomass power alone, while helpful, are
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Biohydrogen Production: Sustainability of Current Technology and Future Perspective

Edited by Anoop Singh, Dheeraj Rathore ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Increase in green, renewable and sustainable energy demand due to higher environmental impacts (e.g. Greenhouse gases emissions, climate change, etc.) on consumption of fossil fuel resource put down an extra pressure on government, researchers and industrialists. Among several available biofuel options, biohydrogen is considered as one of the best environmentally clean fuel and a strong candidate ... Read more

$89.09 USD

Increase in green, renewable and sustainable energy demand due to higher environmental impacts (e.g. Greenhouse gases emissions, climate change, etc.) on consumption of fossil fuel resource put down an extra pressure on government, researchers and industrialists. Among several available biofuel options, biohydrogen is considered as one of the best environmentally clean fuel and a strong candidate
... Read more
ICGSCE 2014

Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Sustainability and Chemical Engineering

Edited by Md Amin Hashim ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book includes selected papers from the ICGSCE 2014 with focus on the current trends of global resources used to meet the growing demands to improve life style coupled with environmental and social problems related to the resource consumption with emphasize to move towards sustainable development. It provides a platform for scientists and academicians from local and international universities ... Read more

$98.09 USD

This book includes selected papers from the ICGSCE 2014 with focus on the current trends of global resources used to meet the growing demands to improve life style coupled with environmental and social problems related to the resource consumption with emphasize to move towards sustainable development. It provides a platform for scientists and academicians from local and international universities
... Read more
Environmental Risk Mitigation

Coaxing a Market in the Battery and Energy Supply and Storage Industry

by Barbara Weiss, Michiyo Obi ...

Series series Energy (R0)
This book presents an extensive review of the context and an analysis of the market for clean energy technologies, with batteries as the primary case study. The focus of this book is on clean energy technology and in particular, on renewable energy and portable, mobile and stationary battery and energy supply. The authors examine how effectively countries with large and advanced economies are ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book presents an extensive review of the context and an analysis of the market for clean energy technologies, with batteries as the primary case study. The focus of this book is on clean energy technology and in particular, on renewable energy and portable, mobile and stationary battery and energy supply. The authors examine how effectively countries with large and advanced economies are
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