Rise and fall of the carbon civilisation
Subtitle: resolving global environmental and resource problems
By: Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery
Contributors: Honnery, Damon
Series: Green energy and technology -- 1865-3529; Green energy and technology
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781849964821
Subjects: International cooperation; Climate change mitigation; Environmental aspects; Power resources
Description: Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation: Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems<br />Author: Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery<br /> Published by Springer London<br /> ISBN: 978-1-84996-482-1<br /> DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84996-483-8<br /><br />Table of Contents:<p></p><ul><li>The Problems We Face
</li><li>Global Climate Change
</li><li>Earth’s Resources Are Finite
</li><li>Uncertainty in Global Environmental and Resource Problems
</li><li>Renewable Energy: Too Little, Too Late?
</li><li>Nuclear Energy: The Ultimate Technological Fix?
</li><li>Engineering for Greater Energy Efficiency
</li><li>Getting Rid of Atmospheric Carbon: Sequestration and Air Capture
</li><li>Great and Desperate Measures: Geo-engineering
</li><li>The New Economy
</li><li>Conclusions</li></ul>
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The problems we face; title: Global climate change; title: Earth's resources are finite; title: Uncertainty in global environmental and resource problems; title: Renewable energy : too little, too late?; title: Nuclear energy : the ultimate technological fix?; title: Engineering for greater energy efficiency; title: Getting rid of atmospheric carbon : sequestration and air capture; title: Great and desperate measures : geo-engineering; title: The new economy; title: Conclusions.