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100 1 _aMoriarty, Patrick.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation
_h[electronic resource] :
_bResolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems /
_cby Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bSpringer London,
_c2011.
300 _aXIV, 218p. 23 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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_2rda
490 1 _aGreen Energy and Technology,
_x1865-3529
505 0 _a1. 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.
520 _aA 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.
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aHydraulic engineering.
650 0 _aRenewable energy sources.
650 0 _aNuclear engineering.
650 0 _aClimatic changes.
650 0 _aSocial policy.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aRenewable and Green Energy.
650 2 4 _aClimate Change.
650 2 4 _aSocial Policy.
650 2 4 _aNuclear Engineering.
650 2 4 _aGeoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.
650 2 4 _aRenewable and Green Energy.
700 1 _aHonnery, Damon.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9781849964821
830 0 _aGreen Energy and Technology,
_x1865-3529
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-483-8
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