Making technology work \ Applications in energy and the environment \ John M Deutch
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1. Gasohol 2. Solar Thermal Windpower and Photocoltaic Technologies 3. Electricity from Coal 4. Controlling acid rain from coal fired power plants 5. Greenhouse gases and global warming 6. Nuclear power and its fuel cycle 7. Managing nuclear waste 8. Managing nuclear waste 9. Nuclear power and weapons proliferation 10. natural gas 11. Safety and risk 12. Synthetic fuels 13. fuel cells for automobiles 14. energy models and statistics 15. the government role in innovation
The successful application of new technology requires simultaneous consdieration of the technical, economic, political, environmental and international aspects of the innovation.