Innovative Energy Strategies for Co2 Stabilization

by Edited by Robert G. Watts

• ISBN13: 9780521087827
• ISBN10: 0521087821
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The vast majority of the world's climate scientists believe that the build-up of heat-trapping CO2 in the atmosphere will lead to global warming unless we burn less fossil fuels. At the same time, energy must be supplied in increasing amounts for the developing world to continue its growth. This book discusses the feasibility of increasingly efficient energy use and the potential for supplying energy from sources that do not introduce CO2. The book analyses the prospects for Earth-based renewables: solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and ocean energy. It then discusses nuclear fission and fusion, and the relatively new idea of harvesting solar energy on satellites or lunar bases. It will be essential reading for all those interested in energy issues, including engineers and physicists (electrical, mechanical, chemical, industrial, environmental, nuclear), and industrial leaders and politicians. It will also be used as a supplementary textbook on advanced courses on energy.

Table of Contents

Concerns about climate change and global warming

Posing the problem

Adaptive strategies for climate change

Energy efficiency: a little goes a long way

The potential of renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions

Carbonless transportation and energy storage in future energy systems

What can nuclear power accomplish to reduce carbon dioxide emissions?

Nuclear fusion energy

Energy prosperity within the twenty-first century and beyond: options and the unique roles of the Sun and the Moon

Geoengineering the climate: history and prospect

Index

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