<Usborne> See Inside Future Energy 翻翻書

We need energy, and lots of it - but some of the ways we generate energy put life on Earth in danger. We already have some planet-friendly alternatives, but we're going to need more. This book imagines a future world packed with exciting, innovative renewable energy technology. It explains what that technology might look like, how it will work, and how it will change the world we live in for the better. It looks all the way to a future where energy can be generated in outer space - one day, enough to fuel the entire solar system.

Technology covered includes: solar power - in space; wind turbines - high in the sky; nuclear fusion; wave power; geothermal energy; new forms of transport, from airships to hydrogen planes to solar-powered ships; new sources of food and new types of farm; innovative ways to store energy.

我們需要能源，而且是大量的能源——但我們目前的一些能源生產方式卻危及地球上的生命。我們已經擁有一些對地球友善的替代能源，但我們需要更多。本書描繪了一個充滿令人興奮、創新再生能源技術的未來世界。它解釋了這些技術可能的樣子、工作原理以及它們將如何改善我們所生活的世界。本書甚至展望了未來，屆時人們可以在外太空產生能源——有一天，這些能源足以滿足整個太陽系的能源需求。

本書涵蓋的技術包括：太空太陽能；高空風力渦輪機；核融合；波浪能；地熱能；新型交通工具，從飛艇到氫動力飛機再到太陽能飛船；新的食物來源和新型農場；以及創新的儲能方式。