Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems /

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 ga...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Moriarty, Patrick (Autor), Honnery, Damon (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
Colección:Green Energy and Technology,
Temas:
Renewable energy sources.
Climatology.
Social policy.
Nuclear engineering.
Engineering geology.
Renewable Energy.
Climate Sciences.
Social Policy.
Nuclear Energy.
Geoengineering.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de 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.

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