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Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia - 2000s
This article is about the decade starting at the beginning of 2000 and ending at the end of 2009. For the century or millennium starting ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2010s: Encyclopedia - 2010s
The 2010s decade refers to the years from 2010 to 2019, inclusive. Informally, it may also include a few years at the end of the precedin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fossil Fuel: Encyclopedia Ii - Fossil Fuel - Origin
There are two theories on the origin of "fossil" fuels: the mainstream biogenic theory and the abiogenic theory. The two theories have be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy Development - Energy Sources
Energy sources are substances or processes with concentrations of energy at a high enough potential to be feasibly encouraged to convert ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renewable Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Renewable Energy - Modern Sources Of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy - Wind energy. Main articles: Wind power, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]< ... See also:Renewable ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renewable Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Renewable Energy - Modern Sources Of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy - Wind energy. As the sun heats up the Earth unevenly, winds are formed. The kinetic energy in the wind can be used to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Power Phase-out: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Power Phase-out - Pros And Cons Of The Phase-out
Nuclear power phase-out - Arguments for the phase-out. Anti-nuclear politicians state environmental concerns with nuclear power as arg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Energy Policy: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Energy Policy - International Use Of Nuclear Energy
(see also energy development, future energy development and renewable energy development) Nuclear energy use has been growing steadily si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renewable Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Renewable Energy - Modern Sources Of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy - Wind energy. Main article: Wind power As the sun heats up the Earth unevenly, winds are formed. The kinetic energ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Events And Trends
2000s - Technology. A huge jump in broadband internet usage, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June, 2000 to what one study predicts w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Events And Trends
2000s - Technology. A huge jump in broadband internet usage, from 6% of U.S. internet users in June, 2000 to what one study predicts w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - Method Of Operation
Essentially all existing nuclear reactors are critical fission reactors that produce heat and neutrons through a nuclear fission chain re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2010s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2010s - Events And Trends
The baby boomer generation which is designated as "officially" including babies born after the end of World War II in 1945 reaches the ag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Music
2000s - United States and Canada. Rap music, especially of the post-gangsta and crunk varieties, reaches new heights of popularity, su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Trends And Fashion
2000s - United States. Fashion slowly becomes less grungy and more excessive as the wearing of flannel by people under 30 declines and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Criticisms Of The Decade
The 2000s are so far not a highly regarded decade by most people in the world as many find the 1990s to have been a much more prosperous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - People
2000s - World leaders. President Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan) President Néstor Kirchner (Argentina) Prime Minister John Howard (Austral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - History
In 1972, French physicist Francis Perrin declared that nature had beaten humans to the punch by creating the world’s first nuclear reac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Power Phase-out: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Power Phase-out - Countries That Have Initiated A Phase Out Or Have Discussed It
(See also Nuclear energy policy) Nuclear power phase-out - Belgium. Belgium's nuclear phase-out legislation was agreed in July 1999 by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Power Phase-out: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Power Phase-out - Other Countries
(See also Nuclear energy policy and List of nuclear reactors) Nuclear power phase-out - Europe including Russia. In Spain a moratorium ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Power Phase-out: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Power Phase-out - Introduction
Installed nuclear capacity rose relatively quickly since the 1950s. Since the late 1980s capacity has risen much more slowly, reaching 36...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Energy Policy: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Energy Policy - Discussion Of Nuclear Energy
(see also: Nuclear power and Nuclear power phase-out#Pros and cons of the phase-out) Nuclear energy policy - Arguments against nuclear e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - The Future Of The Industry
As of 2006, Watts Bar 1, which came on-line in 1997, was the last U.S. commercial nuclear reactor to go on-line. This is often quoted as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Energy Policy: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Energy Policy - Nuclear Power Phase-out
A Nuclear power phase-out was introduced in Sweden (1980), in Italy (1987), in Belgium (1999), and in Germany (2000) and has been discuss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Names Of The Decade
In contrast to the decades from 1920 to 1999, which are called "The Twenties", "The Nineties", and the like; the '00s have had no general...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Renewable Energy: Encyclopedia Ii - Renewable Energy - Issues
Renewable energy - Aesthetics habitat hazards and land use. Some people dislike the aesthetics of wind turbines or bring up nature cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Names Of The Decade
In contrast to the decades from 1920 to 1999, which are called "The Twenties", "The Nineties", and the like; the 00s have had no generall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy Development - Future Energy Development
Extrapolations from current knowledge to future energy development offer a choice of energy futures. Some predictions parallel the Malthu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - The Decade As A Whole
The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the precedin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Energy Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Energy Development - Dependence On External Energy Sources
All biological life needs a supply of external energy. Most plants are capable of photosynthesis, some bacteria employ natural sources of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - People
2000s - World leaders. President Hamid Karzai (Afghanistan) President Néstor Kirchner (Argentina) Prime Minister John Howard (Austral...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Trends And Fashion
2000s - United States. Fashion slowly becomes less grungy and more excessive as the wearing of flannel by people under 30 declines and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Music
2000s - United States and Canada. Rap music, especially of the post-gangsta and crunk varieties, reaches new heights of popularity, su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fossil Fuel: Encyclopedia Ii - Fossil Fuel - A Limited Resource
Oil is believed to be a finite resource. Even if abiogenic oil were possibly the source, the theory is not of practical use unless signif...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - History
Enrico Fermi and Leó Szilárd, while both were at the University of Chicago, were the first to build a nuclear pile and demonstrate a co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2010s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2010s - The Decade As A Whole
The 2010s decade refers to the years from 2010 to 2019, inclusive. Informally, it may also include a few years at the end of the precedin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - Criticisms Of The Decade
The 2000s are so far not a highly regarded decade by most people in the world as many find the 1990s to have been a much more prosperous ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - Natural Nuclear Reactors
A natural nuclear fission reactor can occur under certain circumstances that mimic the conditions in a constructed reactor. The only know...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Main article: nuclear fuel cycle Thermal reactors generally depend on refined and enriched uranium. Some nuclear reactors can operate wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - The Future Of The Industry
Some experts predict that electricity shortages, fossil fuel price increases and concern over Greenhouse gas emissions will renew the dem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuclear Reactor: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuclear Reactor - Types Of Reactors
A number of reactor technologies have been developed. Fission reactors can be divided roughly into two classes, depending on the energy o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2000s: Encyclopedia Ii - 2000s - The Decade As A Whole
The 2000s decade refers to the years from 2000 to 2009, inclusive. Informally, it can also include a few years at the end of the precedin...   » Read the article