Warming to Ecocide A Thermodynamic Diagnosis /

• Main Author: Sangster, Alan J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy.; Climate change.; Atmospheric sciences.; Thermodynamics.; Electric power production.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Energy, general.; Energy Technology.; Atmospheric Sciences.

Despite 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 th...

Table of Contents:

• 1. 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.