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Conserving Energy: Microdot

Date released

1977

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

208

NoS ID

325887

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: The world’s cars are burning up fossil fuels at a suicidal rate. Electric cars would be much more economical. However, electric cars need numerous heavy batteries which demand regular...

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Danish Energy (1991 Video)

Producer

Nick Watson

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

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...

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Petroleum and Oil Refining

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 27 minutes), £39.00

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....

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Wind over Water (2004)

Subject

Energy; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 32 minutes), £39.50

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...

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Chemical Energy (1993 Video)

Subject

Chemistry

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 28 min., 1997 sale: £28.75 (+VAT +p&p)

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...

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Debating Energy Futures

aka: Debating Energy Futures: Coal, Gas and Nuclear

Subject

Energy; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 34 minutes), £49.00

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...

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Energy 2 (1995 Video)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 39 min.

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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Electricity Generation: Non-Renewables (2015)

Subject

Energy; Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 27 minutes), £49.00

Educational DVD aimed at KS 3-5. Fossil Fuels and nuclear energy still account for over 60% of the UK’s electricity generation and in some countries their use is even on the rise. As well as containing...

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Energy and Power Supplies (2002)

Subject

Environmental science; Technology

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL), £35.00

A video featuring alternative energy devices in the Third World and Britain. Our historical use of fossil fuels and non-fossil sources of energy is discussed. Power supply circuits, and safety features for...

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Renewable Future?, A (1998 Video)

Producer

Bill Young

Subject

Development studies; Environmental science

Distribution

Off-air recording licence, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 55 min.

Given the costs of fossil fuels for energy, the insecurity of their supply, and the damage to the planet by their consumption, looks at three possible energy futures that suggest that renewable energy...

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