Future Energy
Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet
Trevor M. Letcher
- 820 pages
- English
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Future Energy
Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet
Trevor M. Letcher
Ă propos de ce livre
Future Energy: Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet, Third Edition provides scientists and decision-makers with the knowledge they need to understand the relative importance and magnitude of various energy production methods in order to make the energy decisions necessary for sustaining development and dealing with climate change. The third edition of Future Energy looks at the present energy situation and extrapolates to future scenarios related to global warming and the increase of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
This thoroughly revised and updated edition contains over 40 chapters on all aspects of future energy, with each chapter updated and expanded by expert scientists and engineers in their respective fields.
- Provides readers with an up-to-date overview of available energy options, both traditional and renewable, as well as the necessary tools needed to make informed decisions
- Covers a wide spectrum of future energy resources presented in a single book with chapters written by experts from each particular field
- Includes many new chapters that cover topics on conventional oil and fossil fuels, a new section on energy storage, and a look at new energy
Foire aux questions
Informations
Introduction With a Focus on Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
Abstract
Keywords
1.1. Introduction
- âą the driving forces behind the need to consider new forms of energy;
- âą the looming problem of global warming and climate change;
- âą the options for electricity generation and for transport fuel;
- âą the energy situation today;
- âą thermodynamics and sustainable energy,
- âą why solar energy is so very important and
- âą the big question: how can we reduce the stranglehold that fossil fuels have on our economy and lives?
1.2. Why is it important to consider our future energy options?
1.2.1. Society's needs
1.2.2. The need for a sustainable, safe, and nonpolluting energy source
Type of energy | Electrical energy generation/% |
---|---|
Liquid (oil) | 3.8 |
Coal | 40.2 |
Natural gas | 22.3 |
Nuclear | 10.8 |
Renewables, including hydroelectric | 23.0 |