<p>As we are moving ahead into the 21st century, our hunger for costΒ effective and environmentally friendly energy continues to grow. The Energy Information Administration of US has forecasted that only in the first two decades of the 21st century, our energy demand will increase by 60% compared to
Fossil Fuels Utilization. Environmental Concerns
β Scribed by Richard Markuszewski and Bernard D. Blaustein (Eds.)
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 384
- Series
- ACS Symposium Series 319
- Category
- Library
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