Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation (Record no. 106491)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781849964838
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Standard number or code 10.1007/978-1-84996-483-8
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Classification number TJ807-830
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Subject category code THX
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Subject category code SCI024000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 621.042
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Moriarty, Patrick.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems /
Statement of responsibility, etc by Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery.
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Extent XIV, 218p. 23 illus.
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Series statement Green Energy and Technology,
International Standard Serial Number 1865-3529
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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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Summary, etc 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 gases necessary in the limited time frame we have available. In addition, global environmental problems, as exemplified by climate change, and global resource problems – such as fossil fuel depletion or fresh water scarcity – have largely been seen as separate issues. Further, proposals for solution of these problems often focus at the national level, when the problems are global. The authors argue that the various challenges the planet faces are both serious and interconnected. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation takes a global perspective in its treatment of various solutions: • renewable energy; • nuclear energy; • energy efficiency; • carbon sequestration; and • geo-engineering. It also addresses the possibility that realistic solutions cannot be achieved until the fundamentally ethical question of global equity – both across nations today and also inter-generational – is fully addressed. Such an approach will also involve reorienting the global economy away from an emphasis on growth and toward the direct satisfaction of basic human needs for all the Earth’s people. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation is aimed at the many members of the public with an awareness of climate change, but who wish to find out more about how we need to respond to the challenge. It will also be of interest to technical professionals, as well as postgraduate students and researchers, from the environmental and engineering science sectors.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Hydraulic engineering.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Renewable energy sources.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nuclear engineering.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climatic changes.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Engineering.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Renewable and Green Energy.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Climate Change.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Policy.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Nuclear Engineering.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Renewable and Green Energy.
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Personal name Honnery, Damon.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Display text Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9781849964821
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Uniform title Green Energy and Technology,
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Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-483-8
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