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Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy Life After Fossil Fuels
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Title
Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy [electronic resource] : Life After Fossil Fuels / by John Lowry.
ISBN
9783319521954
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Physical Description
IX, 150 p. 110 illus : online resource.
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Summary
This important book lays bare the dangers of global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions stemming from fossil fuel use, and proposes pathways toward mitigation. A discussion of the current main uses of fossil fuels acts as a basis for presenting viable, economically sound alternatives. The author outlines a clear, practical strategy for establishing a carbon-free future by deploying proven policy structures and technologies that are already commercially available. .
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 03, 2017
Contents
Introduction
Energy Produced and Carbon Released From Fossil Fuels and Amount of Alternative Energy Required to Replace This
Electrical Super Grids
Alternative, Sustainable an Nuclear Energy
Hydrogen and Other Synthesized Fuels
Energy Storage
Economics
Land Transport Without Fossil Fuels
Air and Sea Transport Without Fossil Fuels
Do We Have the Resources?
Energising the World From Non-Fossil Fuel Sources
Final Infrastructure
Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse
Appendix.
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