Sustainable Energy Production and Consumption Benefits, Strategies and Environmental Costing /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barbir, Frano (Editor), Ulgiati, Sergio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy industries.; Climate change.; Economic growth.; Environmental economics.; Energy Economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Environmental Economics.; Economic Growth.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Climate Change.

Energy and environmental security are major problems facing our global economy. Fossil fuels, particularly crude oil, are confined to a few regions of the world and the continuity of supply is governed by dynamic political, economic and ecological factors. These factors conspire to force volatile, o...