Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems /

• Main Authors: Moriarty, Patrick (Author), Honnery, Damon (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Climate change.; Engineering geology.; Engineering > Geology.; Foundations.; Hydraulics.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Nuclear engineering.; Social policy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Social Policy.; Nuclear Engineering.; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics.

A 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 ga...

Table of Contents:

• 1. 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.