Energy, the great driver : seven revolutions and the challenges of climate change /

"This book describes the long-term four billion-year context of anthropogenic climate change, and seeks to explain our inability to respond positively to its challenges. It argues that the availability of energy and the consequential capacity to do work and exert power has, over this time, defi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jones, Gareth Wyn (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2019.
Temas:
Energy development > History.
Power resources > History.
Energy development > Environmental aspects.
Renewable energy sources > Social aspects.
Energy harvesting > History.
Human settlements > Energy consumption.
Energy policy > Social aspects.
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on.
Climate change mitigation.
Énergie > Développement > Histoire.
Ressources énergétiques > Histoire.
Énergies renouvelables > Aspect social.
Récupération d'énergie > Histoire.
Établissements humains > Consommation d'énergie.
Climat > Changements > Effets de l'homme sur.
Climat > Changements > Atténuation.
Climate change mitigation
Climatic changes > Effect of human beings on
Energy development
Energy development > Environmental aspects
Energy harvesting
Energy policy > Social aspects
Human settlements > Energy consumption
Power resources
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsPrologueChapter I: Introduction Chapter II: The Mysterious Origins of LifeChapter III: Harvesting the Sun Chapter IV: A Structural Revolution: Complex CellsChapter V: The Hominid FactorChapter VI: 'Food Glorious Food'?Chapter VII: Fossil Fuels -An Energy BonanzaChapter VIII: The Homeostatic Hierarchy. Chapter IX: Emergent PatternsChapter X: The Gathering Storm
  • Greenhouse Gases: The Effluence of AffluenceChapter XI: On human behaviour and our social and physical constructsChapter XII: Denouement?Chapter XIII: The Human FactorNotesReferences

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