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Name: Environmental Challenges in Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Air, Water and Land Use
ID: m41725
Language: English (en)
Summary: In this module, the following topics are addressed: 1) environmental impacts of energy use, 2) energy sources based on their environmental impact, and 3) the global capacity for each non-renewable energy source.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Biodiesel, Biofuels, Biomass, Geothermal Energy, Geothermal Plant, Non-Renewable Fuels, Photovoltaic Cells, Radioactive Half-Lives, Renewable Fuels
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Cindy Klein-Banai (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Copyright Holders: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Maintainers: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Latest version: 1.4 (history)
First publication date: Nov 24, 2011 11:52 am -0600
Last revision to module: Oct 1, 2012 9:35 am -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.4 Oct 1, 2012 9:35 am -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Corrected location of Hoover Power Plant from Colorado to on the Colorado River
Version: 1.3 Jul 18, 2012 6:34 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
1) Fixed bold of "Figure" and "Chapter" in text, 2) Fixed links to figures, 3) Replaced Table 8.1 with a Figure Image for printability, 4) Fix capitalization of glossary terms, 5) Reduce print size of Figure Historic U.S. Coal Production (MWL)
Version: 1.2 Jan 18, 2012 10:13 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Added Google Analytics tracking code
Version: 1.1 Dec 13, 2011 2:33 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Created module (MWL)

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