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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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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London :
Springer London
2011.
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Serier: | Green Energy and Technology
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Rise and fall of the carbon civilisation, resolving global environmental and resource problems, Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery, London, Springer Verlag, 2011, 1 vol. (XIII-218 p.), Green energy and technology, 978-1-8499-6482-1 • Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation, Texte imprimé, 9781849964845 • Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation, Texte imprimé, 9781447157113 |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- 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.