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020			_a9781849964838 99781849964838
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100			_aMoriarty, Patrick. _eauthor. _935709
245			_aRise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation _h[electronic resource]: _bResolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems / _cby Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery.
300			_aXIV, 218p. 23 illus. _bonline resource.
490			_aGreen Energy and Technology
490			_x-1865-3529
505			_a1. The Problems We Face -- 2. Global Climate Change -- 3. Earth's Resources Are Finite -- 4. Uncertainty in Global Environmental and Resource Problems -- 5. Renewable Energy: Too Little, Too Late? -- 6. Nuclear Energy: The Ultimate Technological Fix? -- 7. Engineering for Greater Energy Efficiency -- 8. Getting Rid of Atmospheric Carbon: Sequestration and Air Capture -- 9. Great and Desperate Measures: Geo-engineering -- 10. The New Economy -- 11. Conclusions.
520			_aA vast amount has been written on climate change and what should be our response. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation suggests that most of this literature takes a far too optimistic position regarding the potential for conventional mitigation solutions to achieve the deep cuts in greenhouse gases necessary in the limited time frame we have available. In addition, global environmental problems, as exemplified by climate change, and global resource problems - such as fossil fuel depletion or fresh water scarcity - have largely been seen as separate issues. Further, proposals for solution of these problems often focus at the national level, when the problems are global. The authors argue that the various challenges the planet faces are both serious and interconnected. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation takes a global perspective in its treatment of various solutions: - renewable energy; - nuclear energy; - energy efficiency; - carbon sequestration; and - geo-engineering. It also addresses the possibility that realistic solutions cannot be achieved until the fundamentally ethical question of global equity- both across nations today and also inter-generational- is fully addressed. Such an approach will also involve reorienting the global economy away from an emphasis on growth and toward the direct satisfaction of basic human needs for all the Earth's people. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation is aimed at the many members of the public with an awareness of climate change, but who wish to find out more about how we need to respond to the challenge. It will also be of interest to technical professionals, as well as postgraduate students and researchers, from the environmental and engineering science sectors.
650			_aEngineering. _996
650			_aEngineering. _996
650			_934194 _aGEOENGINEERING, FOUNDATIONS, HYDRAULICS
650			_934080 _aRENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
650			_934088 _aHYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
650			_933714 _aRENEWABLE AND GREEN ENERGY
650			_933714 _aRENEWABLE AND GREEN ENERGY
650			_935712 _aSOCIAL POLICY
650			_935712 _aSOCIAL POLICY
650			_935752 _aNUCLEAR ENGINNERING
650			_935752 _aNUCLEAR ENGINNERING
650			_935695 _aCLIMATIC CHANGES
650			_935695 _aCLIMATIC CHANGES
700			_aHonnery, Damon. _935714
700			_eauthor. _935715
710			_aSpringerLink (Online service) _9111
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