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10 produkter
Canada and the Cost of World War II
The International Operations of Canada''s Department of Finance, 1939-1947
Av Robert Bryce
E-bok, 2005
1102 kr
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Bryce chronicles in splendid detail how the tiny and overburdened department in Ottawa worked behind the scenes to deal with the critical public policy challenges that accompanied World War II and postwar reconstruction. Canada''s financial aid made it possible for Britain to wage an effective war …
A Question of Power
Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
Av Robert Bryce
Häftad, 2023
190 kr
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An acclaimed author and celebrated journalist breaks down the history of electricity and the impact of global energy use on the world and the environment.Global demand for power is doubling every two decades, but electricity remains one of the most difficult forms of energy to supply and do so …
A Question of Power
Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
Av Robert Bryce
Häftad, 2020
178 kr
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If, in the ancient world, it was guns and germs and steel that determined the fates of people and nations, in modern times it is electricity. No other form of power translates into affluence and influence like it. Though demand for it is growing exponentially, it remains one of the most difficult …
Pipe Dreams
Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron
Av Robert Bryce
Häftad, 2004
231 kr
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After the shocking collapse of Enron in fall, 2001 came an equally shocking series of disclosures about how America's seventh-largest company had destroyed itself. There were unethical deals, offshore accounts, and accounting irregularities. There were Wall Street analysts who seemed to have been …
Gusher of Lies
The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence"
Av Robert Bryce
Häftad, 2009
231 kr
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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 …
Power Hungry
The Myths of "Green" Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future
Av Robert Bryce
Häftad, 2011
212 kr
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Examines the hard facts of supply and demand to underscore the vast quantities of power we need, and how little of that horsepower can come from 'renewable' sources - and then shows that the US has vast resources at hand, if only it dares muster the political will needed to tap them.
Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheap
How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong
Av Robert Bryce
Häftad, 2014
281 kr
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In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to …
Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper
How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong
Av Robert Bryce
Häftad, 2016
172 kr
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In the face of today's environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources, and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to …
Proceedings of the 3rd International Humanities Conference
All & Everything 1998
Av Bert Sharp, Harry Bennett m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
425 kr
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Canada and the Cost of World War II
The International Operations of Canada's Department of Finance, 1939-1947
Av Robert Bryce
Inbunden, 2005
1447 kr
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How Canada helped Britain finance the war effort.
