Technology & Engineering
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From  Old town roadRural and intercity transit |
Chapter eight of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? looks at how the three revolutions in automobility intersect with rural areas’ transportation needs and with intercity transit, and ends … | James Wilt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Size Matters: Can Buildings Be Too Tall? |
In this chapter, the author seeks to answer the question: are there limits to how much increases in urban density — especially via vertical growth — will contribute to rather than … | Ann Edminster | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From  The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit AnalysesFrom: Techno-Fix |
The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses demonstrates how each step in the standard cost-benefit analysis procedure has intrinsic problems and ambiguities, some of … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 38 | 2011 | $3.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Weather Stuff |
Chapter 8 focuses on weather. Topics explored include cloudy conditions, Turbulence, atmospheric conditions, wind, thunderstorms, temperature and humidity, fog, and contrails verses chemtrails. | Doug Morris | 30 | 2022 | $3.00 Add |
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From  An Ancient Mariner |
Looks at Sir William Phips’s (1651-1695) connection to Oak Island and the evidence to his connection and his history of treasure seeking | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add | |
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From  Brown WaterFrom: Dry Run |
One of my favorite green building technologies is rainwater harvesting: the capture, treatment and use of rainwater for uses inside the building, such as toilet flushing and cooling-tower makeup … | Jerry Yudelson | 26 | 2010 | $2.60 Add |
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From  Disaster & DominanceFrom: Samuel Cunard |
1854-1868. Disaster strikes the Collins Line in the form of ship sinking, Samuel Cunard capitalizes on this disaster also examines the successes of other shipping lines and how they prospered … | John Boileau | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Dispossession and the Imposition of Povety |
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From HappinessFrom: Techno-Fix |
Happiness provides extensive evidence that material affluence, consumerism and economic growth brought about by advances in science and technology have failed to improve psychological well-being … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 37 | 2011 | $3.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Indigenous Exclusion and Access to the InternetThe Case of Nunavut From: Smart Cities in Canada: Digital Dreams, Corporate Designs |
Chapter 9 explores how digital technology is also a tool for social well being, giving people access to health, education, cultural expression and political participation. It explores this … | Alexandra Flynn | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Minimizing Farming’s Water NeedsFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. | Marq de Villiers | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Not Made in CanadaFrom: Fastest in the World |
Examines the use of Hydrofoils after the laying up of the Bras d’Or in 1971 and what it has meant for the Canadian Navy | John Boileau | 10 | 2004 | $1.00 Add |
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From Technology and Localization: Trends at Play |
This chapter explores some of the technological trends that are accelerating green building. | Bruce King | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From Walmart on wheelsLabour and unions |
Chapter nine of Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? examines the labour and union aspects of the three revolutions in automobility as well as of public transit, and finds that carpooling apps in … | James Wilt | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
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From Actio Plan: Places to Intervene in a Systen |
In the concluding chapter, King presents a variety of ways that people and organizations can influence the global construction market. | Bruce King | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From BlackwaterFrom: Dry Run |
However, wastewater is also another water source; after all if you live inland along a large river, your water supply started upriver as someone else’s wastewater. So, wastewater is just … | Jerry Yudelson | 16 | 2010 | $1.60 Add |
