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Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Business Competitiveness : the Fragility of Interdependence.
Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia's energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy. Governments persist in having their own agenda and priorities as well as plenty of constraints and taboo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Farnham :
Ashgate Pub.,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; PART I The Pillars of a Realistic Energy Policy; Chapter 1 Energy Means Power; Chapter 2 The European Energy Policy Dilemma; Chapter 3 Managed Oil Markets; Chapter 4 Nuclear Energy; Chapter 5 Alternative Energy Supplies; PART II Biofuels, The Green and Blue Revolutions, and Agricultural Policy; Chapter 6 Biofuels and the European Union; Chapter 7 The Green and Blue Revolutions that Have Never Been; Chapter 8 The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy and its Travails. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a PART III Business Consequences of A Deteriorating World EnvironmentChapter 9 Strategic Inflection Points, Business Risks and Opportunities; Chapter 10 Producing and Trading Carbon Dioxide; Chapter 11 Forests and Oceans: The Lungs of the Earth; Chapter 12 The Scarcity of Clean Water and its Impact; PART IV The World's Salient Problem Has Not Been Solved; Chapter 13 Human Fertility: The Number One Environmental Enemy; Chapter 14 United Nations and its Conferences on Environmental Collapse; Chapter 15 Can Science and Technology Solve Mankind's Practical Environmental Problems?; PART V Appendices. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Appendix A: The Best Way to Judge Progress towards Sustainable Fertility is by Agricultural Self-sufficiencyAppendix B: Independence in Energy Supplies is as Important as Independence in Food; Appendix C: Wastage has become Second Nature; Appendix D: Recycling is Wanting Because Progress in Materials Science is Lop-sided; Index. | |
| 520 | |a Dimitris Chorafas reviews Europe, America and Asia's energy needs in the coming decade, pointing out that current policies are inadequate at best, and more likely disastrous for the economy. Governments persist in having their own agenda and priorities as well as plenty of constraints and taboos, yet when he critically examines the challenges Dr Chorafas concludes that no government can solve all current energy problems by acting alone. The book confronts current thinking, and its after-effect on policies and practices. Readers accustomed to mainstream books and articles which blame fossil fue. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Power resources |x Environmental aspects. | |
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| 650 | 6 | |a Énergie |x Développement. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Ressources énergétiques |x Aspect économique. | |
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