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100			_aSangster, Alan J. _eauthor. _936153
245			_aWarming to Ecocide _h[electronic resource]: _bA Thermodynamic Diagnosis / _cby Alan J. Sangster.
300			_aXVII, 338p. 34 illus., 7 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
505			_a1. Equilibrium Thermodynamics.- 2. Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Life.- 3. Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics.- 4. Thermodynamics and Climate.- 5. Man's Artificial Eco-system.- 6. Eco-blind Civilisation.- 7. Dismantling the Fossil Fuel Era.- 8. Sustainable Technologies.
520			_aDespite scientific evidence that business-as-usual is unsustainable, there is a huge and widespread inertia to 'greening' the planet. Warming to Ecocide considers climate change from a thermodynamic perspective and asks whether market-driven organisations have carried us to the point of no return through the flawed economics of endless growth.Warming to Ecocide begins by exploring the thermodynamic origins of climate change. It demonstrates that equilibrium thermodynamics can provide full explanations for the basic processes of life such as photosynthesis and metabolism, and that non-equilibrium thermodynamics is close to providing an explanation for how life started.Armed with a solid appreciation of the power of thermodynamics, the second half of Warming to Ecocide discusses whether multinational corporations have convinced the public that climate change is insignificant and thereby neutered any all attempts by governments to espouse environmentally-friendly policies. It then goes on to offer strategies whereby mankind may avoid propelling the global average temperature above the pre-industrial level by more than 2°C, which scientists view as a threshold presaging catastrophic run-away processes.
650			_aEngineering. _996
650			_aEngineering. _996
650			_936155 _aMETEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY
650			_936154 _aMETEOROLOGY
650			_934871 _aENERGY, GENERAL.
650			_934087 _aTHERMODINAMICS
650			_934087 _aTHERMODINAMICS
650			_933702 _aENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER
650			_933743 _aELECTRIC ENGINEERING.
650			_933704 _aENERGY TECHNOLOGY
650			_935695 _aCLIMATIC CHANGES
650			_935695 _aCLIMATIC CHANGES
710			_aSpringerLink (Online service) _9111
856			_uhttp://springer.escuelaing.metaproxy.org/book/10.1007/978-0-85729-926-0 _yir a documento _qURL
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