The new carbon economy
by Newell, Peter, (Peter John), Boykoff, Maxwell T., Boyd, Emily
How the world evolved to its present dependence on carbon-based fossil fuels, the problems that ensued including the threat of disruptive global climate change and hazards associated with our increasing dependence on unreliable but currently indispensable sources of energy such …
The book offers a comprehensive account of how the world evolved to its present state in which humans now exercise a powerful, in many cases dominant, influence for global environmental change. It outlines the history that led to this position of dominance, in particular the rol…
« The recent rise to prominence of renewable energy and energy efficiency has been driven by their potential to lower the environmental impacts of energy use. As these technologies mature they must demonstrate not only their environmental benefits, but also their economic compet…
"This short book lays out the foreign policy and security implications of dramatic changes in energy production, distribution, and consumption. It's impossible to separate struggles over energy from modern security relations, the global economy, or international development. For…
"Almost every year since records began, our species has had more energy at its disposal than it had the year before. For the last 50 years, the growth rate has averaged 2.4% per year, more than tripling in total over that time. For the century before that it was more like 1% per…
Completely updated and expanded from the author's previous book, Introduction to Energy and the Environment, this new book includes current information on the environmental effects of combustion by-products, as well as technological breakthroughs and newly adopted environmental …
Apparue en 2008 avec la monnaie numérique bitcoin, la blockchain est une technologie de stockage et de transmission d'informations transparente, sécurisée et fonctionnant sans organe central de contrôle. Mais au-delà de l'application monétaire, elle permet également de sécuriser…
"Apparue en 2008 avec la monnaie numérique bitcoin, la blockchain est une technologie de stockage et de transmission d'informations transparente, sécurisée et fonctionnant sans organe central de contrôle. Mais au-delà de l'application monétaire, elle permet également de sécurise…
"The Energy Reader examines the quandary of meeting future energy needs, bringing a critical and practical approach to this complex global challenge and its potentially dire implications. It evaluates the social and cultural components of the energy problem in addition to the te…
The petroleum sector is possibly the largest and most dominant economic sector in the globalized economy. However, for reasons explored in this book, although none of the existing economic development models fit this sector in the past and apply even less today, no satisfactory …