Rise and fall of the carbon civilisation : resolving global environmental and resource problems

by: Moriarty, Patrick; Honnery, Damon

Publication date: 2011

Topics: Climate change mitigation, Climate change mitigation, Power resources

Publisher: London ; New York : Springer Verlag

Collection: folkscanomy_miscellaneous; folkscanomy; additional_collections

Language: English

Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation: Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems
Author: Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery
Published by Springer London
ISBN: 978-1-84996-482-1
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84996-483-8

Table of Contents:

The Problems We Face
Global Climate Change
Earth’s Resources Are Finite
Uncertainty in Global Environmental and Resource Problems
Renewable Energy: Too Little, Too Late?
Nuclear Energy: The Ultimate Technological Fix?
Engineering for Greater Energy Efficiency
Getting Rid of Atmospheric Carbon: Sequestration and Air Capture
Great and Desperate Measures: Geo-engineering
The New Economy
Conclusions

Includes bibliographical references and index

The problems we face -- Global climate change -- Earth's resources are finite -- Uncertainty in global environmental and resource problems -- Renewable energy : too little, too late? -- Nuclear energy : the ultimate technological fix? -- Engineering for greater energy efficiency -- Getting rid of atmospheric carbon : sequestration and air capture -- Great and desperate measures : geo-engineering -- The new economy -- Conclusions