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Energy, Technology, and the Environment
By
Paul Ih-Fei Liu
Paul Ih-Fei Liu
Doctor of Engineering,
Technical University of Munich
, Germany
Former lecturer at
University of Southern California
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ISBN-10:
0791802221
No. of Pages:
292
Publisher:
ASME Press
Publication date:
2005
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By
Paul Ih-Fei Liu
Doctor of Engineering, Technical University of Munich , Germany Former lecturer at University of Southern California
Paul Ih-Fei Liu
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Published:2005
From the earliest times when human beings lived in hunting/gathering communities to the modern era, humankind has adapted and survived. Life continues from generation to generation, and we hope that our offspring will have better opportunities and a better quality of life in a more prosperous social system than our own. Prosperity is closely related to energy, which plays a vastly important role in our daily lives. The use of energy, however, will generate by-products that, unchecked, can devastate our ecosystem. The areas of our concern are air pollution, water pollution, and toxic hazardous waste disposal.
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