"Meeting global energy demand in a sustainable fashion will require not only increased energy efficiency and new methods of using existing carbon-based fuels but also a daunting amount of new carbon-neutral energy. Nathan S. Lewis and Daniel G. Nocera Henry Dreyfus Professor of …
Energy and Climate Change
Introduction : the promise and predicament of crude oil -- Environment : a disastrous history of the hydrocarbon present -- Governing disaster -- Ethical oil -- Occupying the implication -- Petrochemical fallout -- Ecological mangrove -- Conclusion : negative ecologies and the d…
Combined cycle power plants are promising and flexible approaches to conventional, fossil-fuel and biomass-fired energy production. This title provides a comprehensive and systematic review of the design, engineering and operational issues of a range of advanced combined cycle p…
"Resilient Cities draws on existing initiatives from around the world to demonstrate the potential for urban resilience and presents practical solutions for our planet's growing cities."--Jacket.
With inefficient transportation systems and poorly designed buildings, many cities - especially in the U.S - consume enormous quantities of fossil fuels and emit high levels of greenhouse gases. While some cities could be headede for collapse, the authors of this book believe th…
"Resilient Cities draws on existing initiatives from around the world to demonstrate the potential for urban resilience and presents practical solutions for our planet's growing cities."--Jacket.
"Resilient Cities draws on existing initiatives from around the world to demonstrate the potential for urban resilience and presents practical solutions for our planet's growing cities."--Jacket.
"Resilient Cities draws on existing initiatives from around the world to demonstrate the potential for urban resilience and presents practical solutions for our planet's growing cities."--Jacket
