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Describes how the sun’s energy is converted into chemical energy by the endothermic photosynthesis reaction and stored in plants, coal and oil. Shows various methods of recovering that energy, illustrating...
One quarter of the world’s population uses three quarters of the world’s fossil fuels. There are competing pressures in the industrialised societies on the need to control energy use and to satisfy...
Video podcast. Hanif Mahadi, Researcher in Edman Tsang’s group, explains how nanoparticle catalysts help use fossil fuels more efficiently and develop cleaner alternative sources of energy. [4 minutes].
Beginning with the process of photosynthesis, deals with the formation of the fossil fuels, coal and oil. Illustrates the refining of North Sea oil and the production of derivatives, especially polyethylene.
This DVD examines the properties and uses of crude oil. It introduces the chemical compounds that exist in crude oil and shows how it is refined into many of the fuels and products used in modern society....
Investigates the properties of carbon and some of its uses. In six 10-minute segments: Carbon the Compromiser (discovery of a method to produce organic compounds, covalent bonds); The Shape of Carbon...
The case for nuclear power. Assembles facts and arguments to show that nuclear power is a well established and safe source of energy. Much of the evidence comes from British Nuclear Fuels, Central...
Wind power is a multimillion dollar global industry, which is growing at the rate of 40% per year. As the new millennium begins with wind energy emerging as a viable alternative to power supplied by coal and...
With case studies from the US, the UK, China and India, this title asks how important coal, gas and nuclear will be in the future global energy mix. The programme looks at what is being done to clean up...
Aims to link issues in science, technology, society and the environment, and begins with a 10-minute INSET segment. Looks at the unprecedented demand for energy in the industrialised world, and considers the...
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