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The utilization of energy resources for the production of useful work has one unavoidable problem: pollution of the environment. Three major types of environmental pollution today are of grave concern: air pollution due to burning fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas; radiation pollution, due mainly to the use of nuclear energy; and thermal pollution, which is present any time an energy resource is used.
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Goswami, A. (2000). Energy and Environment. In: The Physicists’ View of Nature, Part 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1227-1_8
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