Canadiana
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Canada
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 43,39 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Canada
ISBN :
Author : Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 32,81 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773516014
The nuclear energy company has overseen the production of its own history, focusing on programs at its laboratories in Chalk River, Ontario, and Whiteshell, Manitoba between 1943 and 1985. The 16 scientists who wrote the narrative discuss the organization and operations of the laboratories, nuclear safety and radiation protection, radioisotopes, basic research, developing the CANDU reactor, managing the radioactive wastes, business development, and revenue generation. Canadian card order number: C97-900188-9. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Dr. Johannes Lehmann
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1849770557
"Biochar is the carbon-rich product when biomass (such as wood, manure, or crop residues) is heated in a closed container with little or no available air. It can be used to improve agriculture and the environment in several ways, and its stability in soil and superior nutrient-retention properties make it an ideal soil amendment to increase crop yields. In addition to this, biochar sequestration, in combination with sustainable biomass production, can be carbon-negative and therefore used to actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, with major implications for mitigation of climate change. Biochar production can also be combined with bioenergy production through the use of the gases that are given off in the pyrolysis process.This book is the first to synthesize the expanding research literature on this topic. The book's interdisciplinary approach, which covers engineering, environmental sciences, agricultural sciences, economics and policy, is a vital tool at this stage of biochar technology development. This comprehensive overview of current knowledge will be of interest to advanced students, researchers and professionals in a wide range of disciplines"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Sergios Karatzos
Publisher :
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,72 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Biomass energy
ISBN : 9781910154069
Author : Ramasamy Marappa Gounder
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 37,98 MB
Release : 2019-12-18
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ISBN : 1839684097
Author : Silvana Tordo
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 37,54 MB
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821388320
Approximately two billion dollars a day of petroleum are traded worldwide, which makes petroleum the largest single item in the balance of payments and exchanges between nations. Petroleum represents the larger share in total energy use for most net exporters and net importers. While petroleum taxes are a major source of income for more than 90 countries in the world, poor countries net importers are more vulnerable to price increases than most industrialized economies. This paper has five chapters. Chapter one describes the key features of upstream, midstream, and downstream petroleum operations and how these may impact value creation and policy options. Chapter two draws on ample literature and discusses how changes in the geopolitical and global economic environment and in the host governments' political and economic priorities have affected the rationale for and behavior of National Oil Companies' (NOCs). Rather than providing an in-depth analysis of the philosophical reasons for creating aNOC, this chapter seeks to highlight the special nature of NOCs and how it may affect their existence, objectives, regulation, and behavior. Chapter three proposes a value creation index to measure the contribution of NOCs to social value creation. A conceptual model is also proposed to identify the factors that affect value creation. Chapter four presents the result of an exploratory statistical analysis aimed to determine the relative importance of the drivers of value creation. In addition, the experience of a selected sample of NOCs is analyzed in detail, and lessons of general applicability are derived. Finally, Chapter five summarizes the conclusions.
Author : Thomas J. Courchene
Publisher :
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 29,25 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Author : Gordon H. E. Sims
Publisher : Minister of Supply and Services Canada
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,38 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Hull, Que. : Supply and Services Canada, 1980, c1981.
Author : The Expert Panel on Harnessing Science and Technology to Understand the Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Extraction
Publisher : Council of CanadianAcademies
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 36,93 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 1926558782
This report comes at the request of Environment Canada, which asked the Council to assemble a multidisciplinary expert panel to consider the state of knowledge of potential environmental impacts from the exploration, extraction, and development of Canada’s shale gas resources. The Council’s report presents a comprehensive examination of shale gas development in Canada. It does not, however, determine the safety, nor the economic benefits, of development. It reviews the use of new and conventional technologies in shale gas extraction, and examines several issues of concern including potential impacts on surface water and groundwater, greenhouse gas emissions, cumulative land disturbance, and human health. The report also outlines approaches for monitoring and research, as well as mitigation and management strategies.
Author : Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 22,90 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780833033017
At the rate that government and nongovernmental organizations are clearing existing landmines, it will take 450-500 years to rid the world of them. Concerned about the slow pace of demining, the Office of Science and Technology asked RAND to assess potential innovative technologies being explored and to project what funding would be required to foster the development of the more promising ones. The authors of this report suggest that the federal government undertake a research and development effort to develop a multisensor mine detection system over the next five to eight years.