The Energy-Climate Continuum Lessons from Basic Science and History /

This book puts the debates about the energy-climate continuum on a scientific ground! It is a must-read for everyone, who wants to understand how intimately the energy and climate debates are linked to each other, and who wants to participate in these omnipresent discussions. Antoine Bret explains i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bret, Antoine (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edición:1st ed. 2014.
Temas:
Electric power production.
Climatology.
Renewable energy sources.
Cogeneration of electric power and heat.
Fossil fuels.
History.
Mechanical Power Engineering.
Climate Sciences.
Renewable Energy.
Fossil Fuel.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I The Problem: What is the problem? Men and Joules
  • A few Must-Know
  • Fossil Fuels
  • ABC of Climate Science
  • Part II Elements of Solution: Energy Storage, Carbon Sequestration and Geo-Engineering
  • Non-Fossil Energy Sources
  • Constraints and Hazards
  • A Toy Model
  • Part III History: Why Societies are Fragile
  • When Things went wrong
  • When Things went right
  • Appendices.

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