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200 14$aThe Energy-Climate Continuum $eLessons from Basic Science and History /$fby Antoine Bret
205   $a1st ed. 2014.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014.
215   $a1 online resource (173 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-322-19772-5 
311   $a3-319-07919-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
327   $aPart I The Problem: What is the problem? Men and Joules -- A few Must-Know -- Fossil Fuels -- ABC of Climate Science -- Part II Elements of Solution: Energy Storage, Carbon Sequestration and Geo-Engineering -- Non-Fossil Energy Sources -- Constraints and Hazards -- A Toy Model -- Part III History: Why Societies are Fragile -- When Things went wrong -- When Things went right -- Appendices.
330   $aThis book puts the debates about the energy-climate continuum on a scientific ground! It is a must-read for everyone, who wants to understand how intimately the energy and climate debates are linked to each other, and who wants to participate in these omnipresent discussions. Antoine Bret explains in his book how fossil fuels became indispensable for our society. He carefully explains how and why this impacts the earth's climate. And he points out that all available fossil fuels will sooner or later be used up. Therefore, he introduces and discusses the alternatives, which are currently considered.  The book is divided into three parts. The first part explains the problem and where we stand today, the second part critically discusses possible elements of solution. The third part illustrates historic case studies, containing both warning as well as encouraging examples of societies at turning points. This book is a careful introduction to these topics. The basic science behind the problem and the debates are introduced in an understandable and nicely readable fashion. Facts are illustrated with simple back-on-the-envelope calculations, providing a good feeling for orders of magnitudes. A rich appendix provides additional background information for the interested readers. In this way, the book can even be a valuable resource for introductory university courses in physics, climate science, natural science, and many more subjects. This book is a real conversation starter, and can be recommended to everyone, specialist or non-specialist, who wants to understand the actual energy-climate debates and maybe even involve.
606   $aEnergy
606   $aClimate change
606   $aRenewable energy resources
606   $aFossil fuels
606   $aHistory
606   $aPopular Science in Energy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q35000
606   $aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/313000
606   $aRenewable and Green Energy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/111000
606   $aFossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/114000
606   $aHistory, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/700000
615  0$aEnergy.
615  0$aClimate change.
615  0$aRenewable energy resources.
615  0$aFossil fuels.
615  0$aHistory.
615 14$aPopular Science in Energy.
615 24$aClimate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
615 24$aRenewable and Green Energy.
615 24$aFossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture).
615 24$aHistory, general.
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700   $aBret$b Antoine$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0957735
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910299620903321
996   $aThe Energy-Climate Continuum$92169620
997   $aUNINA