Dangerous Energy

Author : Wayne D. Cocroft
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848021815

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This book comprises a national study of the explosives industry and provides a framework for identification of its industrial archaeology and social history. Few monuments of gunpowder manufacture survive in Britain from the Middle Ages, although its existence is documented. Late 17th-century water-powered works are identifiable but sparse. In the later 18th century, however, the industry was transformed by state acquisition of key factories, notably at Faversham and at Waltham Abbey.In the mid-19th century developments in Britain paralleled those in continental Europe and in America, namely a shift to production on an industrial scale related to advances in armaments technology. The urgency and large-scale demands of the two world wars brought state-directed or state-led solutions to explosives production in the 20th century. Yhe book’s concluding section looks at planning, preservation, conservation and presentation in relation to prospective future uses of these sites.

Author : Aya de León
Publisher : Dafina
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-12-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496740342

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That Dangerous Energy by Aya de León Pdf

Author of the award-winning Justice Hustler series, Aya de León continues her unique blend of commercial fiction, timely social commentary, and sexy, page-turning storytelling in a novel of climate change in which the personal and the political collide for one woman torn between her own survival and the survival of the planet. Marrying a billionaire will fulfill this struggling artist's dreams—and enable her to make a difference. But exposing the truth will put all her convictions on one dangerous line . . . Coming from a troubled youth, Morgan Faraday grabs every opportunity to up-level her life. So she definitely plans to keep oil company heir Sebastian Reid interested . . . all the way to the altar. He’s brilliant, supportive, and is turning his billion-dollar company green to make up for his ancestors’ exploitation. With him, Morgan can have love, money, and the power to make the world better. And securing her future is far more important than the attractive environmental activist she suddenly has unexpected feelings for . . . But once Morgan gets a glimpse of Sebastian’s secret allies and confidential emails, she’s stunned to find he’s only talking a good game. His company is responsible for several ecological disasters, and a chance encounter makes it clear to Morgan the lengths he’ll go to stay on top. To gather enough evidence to expose him, Morgan will have to rely on her quick wits and new friends to stay one step ahead of a corporate conspiracy. But as the danger comes closer, will Morgan put herself first and run—or face down the risk, even at her cost of her life? Praise for Aya de León and her novels: “Gripping feminist heist fiction about turning the tables on the disaster capitalists in the jaws of climate apocalypse? Improbably and thrillingly, Aya de León has pulled off exactly that with Side Chick Nation. I couldn't put it down.” —Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine “Staking out space for women of color in the heist-fiction genre, Aya de Leon's smart, sly writing is a knockout.” –Andi Zeisler, Bitch magazine

Author : John Whitbourn
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473200890

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England, 1967: ruled by the power of the Catholic Church, as it has been since the failure of the Protestant Reformation. In this England there are steam trains, but no internal combustion engine; rifles but no electricity; heresy but no democracy. And in this England, magic works. England, 1967; young Tobias Oakley, out on an illicit nighttime expedition, meets an elven woman - and is chosen for initiation into the secrets of necromancy. Tobias has a powerful talent and his injudicious use of it brings him to the attention of the Church - whose Thaumaturgical Division soon recruits him. And so Tobias enters the Church, beginning his career amid the brothels and taverns of the teeming slums of the diocese of Southwark. From there his progress, if not steady - there is something about Tobias that arouses unease in his superiors - is generally upwards. As a curate, as a priest, as a soldier in the bloody war against heresy and finally as an eminent expert on diabolism, Tobias becomes a power in the English Catholic Church. And as he does so, he pursues his second career: as liar, drug smuggler, rakehell, mass murderer, betrayer, vicious libertine and consorter with demons. For the elf legacy that has shaped his life has robbed him of something vital. And when Tobias, in an effort finally to discover some meaning in life, embarks on a fantastic and perilous quest through supernatural realms he finds himself at the last confronting a savage irony.

Author : Wayne Cocroft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110001497

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A substantial overview of the gunpowder and explosives industry from the earliest surviving physical remains of the 17th century through the transformation of the industry in the 18th century and the growth of the chemical explosives industry in the 19th century and the urgent, large-scale demands of the 20th century. The aim of this highly accessible and well-presented volume is to aid the identification of buildings associated with the industry, to help their conservation and to promote understanding amongst archaeologists, historians and the general public. Cocroft examines key factories, notably the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey, many of which have been cloaked in secrecy until recently, parallels in North America and on the Continent and the distinctive design of buildings created for the First and Second World Wars. Includes a gazetteer and a glossary.

Author : John Whitbourn
Publisher : Gollancz
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 0575055766

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-04
Category : Energy conservation
ISBN : UOM:39015047384352

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The Energy Consumer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Bryce
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781586486563

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Gusher of Lies by Robert Bryce Pdf

Everybody is talking about “energy independence.” But is it really achievable—or even desirable? In this controversial, meticulously researched book, Robert Bryce exposes the false promises and political posturing behind the rhetoric. Gusher of Lies explains why the idea of energy independence appeals to voters while also showing that renewable sources like wind and solar cannot meet America's growing energy demand. Along the way, Bryce exposes the ethanol scam as one of the longest-running robberies ever perpetrated on American taxpayers. In a new foreword to this edition, he shows how energy independence rhetoric was used during the 2008 election, even as the heavily subsidized ethanol business fueled a growing global food crisis.

Author : Gar Smith
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781603584340

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Nuclear Roulette by Gar Smith Pdf

Nuclear power is not clean, cheap, or safe. With Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, the nuclear industry's record of catastrophic failures now averages one major disaster every decade. After three US-designed plants exploded in Japan, many countries moved to abandon reactors for renewables. In the United States, however, powerful corporations and a compliant government still defend nuclear power-while promising billion-dollar bailouts to operators. Each new disaster demonstrates that the nuclear industry and governments lie to "avoid panic," to preserve the myth of "safe, clean" nuclear power, and to sustain government subsidies. Tokyo and Washington both covered up Fukushima's radiation risks and-when confronted with damning evidence-simply raised the levels of "acceptable" risk to match the greater levels of exposure. Nuclear Roulette dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear-industrial complex's "Nuclear Renaissance." While some critiques are familiar-nuclear power is too costly, too dangerous, and too unstable-others are surprising: Nuclear Roulette exposes historic links to nuclear weapons, impacts on Indigenous lands and lives, and the ways in which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission too often takes its lead from industry, rewriting rules to keep failing plants in compliance. Nuclear Roulette cites NRC records showing how corporations routinely defer maintenance and lists resulting "near-misses" in the US, which average more than one per month. Nuclear Roulette chronicles the problems of aging reactors, uncovers the costly challenge of decommissioning, explores the industry's greatest seismic risks-not on California's quake-prone coast but in the Midwest and Southeast-and explains how solar flares could black out power grids, causing the world's 400-plus reactors to self-destruct. This powerful exposé concludes with a roundup of proven and potential energy solutions that can replace nuclear technology with a "Renewable Renaissance," combined with conservation programs that can cleanse the air, and cool the planet.

Author : John Whitbourn
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473200890

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A Dangerous Energy by John Whitbourn Pdf

England, 1967: ruled by the power of the Catholic Church, as it has been since the failure of the Protestant Reformation. In this England there are steam trains, but no internal combustion engine; rifles but no electricity; heresy but no democracy. And in this England, magic works. England, 1967; young Tobias Oakley, out on an illicit nighttime expedition, meets an elven woman - and is chosen for initiation into the secrets of necromancy. Tobias has a powerful talent and his injudicious use of it brings him to the attention of the Church - whose Thaumaturgical Division soon recruits him. And so Tobias enters the Church, beginning his career amid the brothels and taverns of the teeming slums of the diocese of Southwark. From there his progress, if not steady - there is something about Tobias that arouses unease in his superiors - is generally upwards. As a curate, as a priest, as a soldier in the bloody war against heresy and finally as an eminent expert on diabolism, Tobias becomes a power in the English Catholic Church. And as he does so, he pursues his second career: as liar, drug smuggler, rakehell, mass murderer, betrayer, vicious libertine and consorter with demons. For the elf legacy that has shaped his life has robbed him of something vital. And when Tobias, in an effort finally to discover some meaning in life, embarks on a fantastic and perilous quest through supernatural realms he finds himself at the last confronting a savage irony.

Author : James Anthony Froude,John Tulloch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : English periodicals
ISBN : CHI:79253140

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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country by James Anthony Froude,John Tulloch Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081686911

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Fraser's Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : United Nations. Atomic Energy Commission. Representative from the United States
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Nuclear energy
ISBN : OSU:32435022104889

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Scientific Information Transmitted to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission by United Nations. Atomic Energy Commission. Representative from the United States Pdf

Author : Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Natural history
ISBN : UCAL:B3084677

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Proceedings by Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England) Pdf

Author : Gar Smith
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781603584357

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Nuclear Roulette by Gar Smith Pdf

Nuclear power is not clean, cheap, or safe. With Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, the nuclear industry's record of catastrophic failures now averages one major disaster every decade. After three US-designed plants exploded in Japan, many countries moved to abandon reactors for renewables. In the United States, however, powerful corporations and a compliant government still defend nuclear power-while promising billion-dollar bailouts to operators. Each new disaster demonstrates that the nuclear industry and governments lie to "avoid panic," to preserve the myth of "safe, clean" nuclear power, and to sustain government subsidies. Tokyo and Washington both covered up Fukushima's radiation risks and-when confronted with damning evidence-simply raised the levels of "acceptable" risk to match the greater levels of exposure. Nuclear Roulette dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear-industrial complex's "Nuclear Renaissance." While some critiques are familiar-nuclear power is too costly, too dangerous, and too unstable-others are surprising: Nuclear Roulette exposes historic links to nuclear weapons, impacts on Indigenous lands and lives, and the ways in which the Nuclear Regulatory Commission too often takes its lead from industry, rewriting rules to keep failing plants in compliance. Nuclear Roulette cites NRC records showing how corporations routinely defer maintenance and lists resulting "near-misses" in the US, which average more than one per month. Nuclear Roulette chronicles the problems of aging reactors, uncovers the costly challenge of decommissioning, explores the industry's greatest seismic risks-not on California's quake-prone coast but in the Midwest and Southeast-and explains how solar flares could black out power grids, causing the world's 400-plus reactors to self-destruct. This powerful exposé concludes with a roundup of proven and potential energy solutions that can replace nuclear technology with a "Renewable Renaissance," combined with conservation programs that can cleanse the air, and cool the planet.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Power resources
ISBN : MINN:30000006336907

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Energy Research Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Includes all works deriving from DOE, other related government-sponsored information and foreign nonnuclear information.