Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy : Life After Fossil Fuels / / by John Lowry

• Autore: Lowry John
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2017.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (IX, 150 p. 110 illus.)
• Disciplina: 621.042
• Soggetto topico: Renewable energy resources; Sustainable development; Renewable and Green Energy; Sustainable Development
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. .
• Titolo autorizzato: Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy
• ISBN: 3-319-52195-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910253977103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II