Prometheus Principle: Biomass - Academic Version w/ PPR

ISBN 10: 0802606679 ISBN 13: 9780802606679

Riassunto

To quote Henry David Thoreau: There is a reason for everything under the sun. All across Europe, scientists are taking this axiom to heart by developing a variety of creative alternatives to fossil fuels. From converting used cooking oil into biodiesel to using straw to generate electricity, this film focuses on the number of exciting projects under way--in the hopes that these sources will one day provide the majority of energy for millions of households and businesses around the world. In an Austrian lumber factory, scraps and shavings are carefully collected and processed into the ultimate environment friendly energy source: wood pellets that anyone can use as fuel. In Växjö, Sweden, the entire warmth for the city is produced out of wood trash. In a Bavarian town, organic waste is sorted and allowed to ferment in a tank to become biogas: a high grade liquid fertilizer. These are just a few of the developments taking place throughout Europe, and such successes will provide benefits beyond producing clean energy. Biomass promises farmers of the world not only a new source of income but a new sense of purpose. If biomass can be continuously and methodically cultivated, there's no reason why there can't be enough for everyone. Filmed in five countries, this documentary will open your eyes to the enormous possibilities of creating energy sources in a sustainable way. By devising renewable energies, scientists are creating new means of accessing power that won't deplete the world's natural resources.

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• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0802606679
• ISBN 13: 9780802606679