Weather: How it Works and why it MattersPerseus Pub., 2000 - 223 pàgines |
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... energy storage , most easily accomplished with batteries . But there are other ways of storing energy . One nonconventional form has been adopted in Hamburg , Germany . During times of low energy de- mand , the existing and idling ...
... energy storage , most easily accomplished with batteries . But there are other ways of storing energy . One nonconventional form has been adopted in Hamburg , Germany . During times of low energy de- mand , the existing and idling ...
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... energy for mankind for thousands of years , and in many places it still is . When we burn scrap wood in the fire- place , we save on our electricity and oil bills . If not burned , scrap wood de- composes on the garbage heap ; there ...
... energy for mankind for thousands of years , and in many places it still is . When we burn scrap wood in the fire- place , we save on our electricity and oil bills . If not burned , scrap wood de- composes on the garbage heap ; there ...
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... energy for its production or manufacture . Melting existing glass takes less energy than making glass from natural quartz . Recycling bottles is better than remaking them by melting recycled glass , which , in turn , is better than ...
... energy for its production or manufacture . Melting existing glass takes less energy than making glass from natural quartz . Recycling bottles is better than remaking them by melting recycled glass , which , in turn , is better than ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
The Fundamentals of Air | 7 |
Its Not the Heat Its the Heat and the Humidity | 15 |
Copyright | |
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