Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation [recurso electrónico] : Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems / by Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery.

Por: Moriarty, Patrick [author.]Colaborador(es): Honnery, Damon [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service)Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries Green Energy and TechnologyEditor: London : Springer London, 2011Descripción: XIII, 218 p. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9781849964838Tema(s): Engineering | Hydraulic engineering | Renewable energy sources | Nuclear engineering | Climatic changes | Social policy | Engineering | Renewable and Green Energy | Climate Change | Social Policy | Nuclear Engineering | Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics | Renewable and Green EnergyFormatos físicos adicionales: Printed edition:: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 621.042 Clasificación LoC:TJ807-830Recursos en línea: Libro electrónicoTexto
Contenidos:
1. The Problems We Face -- 2. Global Climate Change -- 3. Earth's Resources Are Finite -- 4. Uncertainty in Global Environmental and Resource Problems -- 5. Renewable Energy: Too Little, Too Late? -- 6. Nuclear Energy: The Ultimate Technological Fix? -- 7. Engineering for Greater Energy Efficiency -- 8. Getting Rid of Atmospheric Carbon: Sequestration and Air Capture -- 9. Great and Desperate Measures: Geo-engineering -- 10. The New Economy -- 11. Conclusions.
En: Springer eBooksResumen: A vast amount has been written on climate change and what should be our response. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation suggests that most of this literature takes a far too optimistic position regarding the potential for conventional mitigation solutions to achieve the deep cuts in greenhouse gases necessary in the limited time frame we have available. In addition, global environmental problems, as exemplified by climate change, and global resource problems – such as fossil fuel depletion or fresh water scarcity – have largely been seen as separate issues. Further, proposals for solution of these problems often focus at the national level, when the problems are global. The authors argue that the various challenges the planet faces are both serious and interconnected. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation takes a global perspective in its treatment of various solutions: • renewable energy; • nuclear energy; • energy efficiency; • carbon sequestration; and • geo-engineering. It also addresses the possibility that realistic solutions cannot be achieved until the fundamentally ethical question of global equity – both across nations today and also inter-generational – is fully addressed. Such an approach will also involve reorienting the global economy away from an emphasis on growth and toward the direct satisfaction of basic human needs for all the Earth’s people. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation is aimed at the many members of the public with an awareness of climate change, but who wish to find out more about how we need to respond to the challenge. It will also be of interest to technical professionals, as well as postgraduate students and researchers, from the environmental and engineering science sectors.
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1. The Problems We Face -- 2. Global Climate Change -- 3. Earth's Resources Are Finite -- 4. Uncertainty in Global Environmental and Resource Problems -- 5. Renewable Energy: Too Little, Too Late? -- 6. Nuclear Energy: The Ultimate Technological Fix? -- 7. Engineering for Greater Energy Efficiency -- 8. Getting Rid of Atmospheric Carbon: Sequestration and Air Capture -- 9. Great and Desperate Measures: Geo-engineering -- 10. The New Economy -- 11. Conclusions.

A vast amount has been written on climate change and what should be our response. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation suggests that most of this literature takes a far too optimistic position regarding the potential for conventional mitigation solutions to achieve the deep cuts in greenhouse gases necessary in the limited time frame we have available. In addition, global environmental problems, as exemplified by climate change, and global resource problems – such as fossil fuel depletion or fresh water scarcity – have largely been seen as separate issues. Further, proposals for solution of these problems often focus at the national level, when the problems are global. The authors argue that the various challenges the planet faces are both serious and interconnected. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation takes a global perspective in its treatment of various solutions: • renewable energy; • nuclear energy; • energy efficiency; • carbon sequestration; and • geo-engineering. It also addresses the possibility that realistic solutions cannot be achieved until the fundamentally ethical question of global equity – both across nations today and also inter-generational – is fully addressed. Such an approach will also involve reorienting the global economy away from an emphasis on growth and toward the direct satisfaction of basic human needs for all the Earth’s people. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation is aimed at the many members of the public with an awareness of climate change, but who wish to find out more about how we need to respond to the challenge. It will also be of interest to technical professionals, as well as postgraduate students and researchers, from the environmental and engineering science sectors.

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