Stopping Climate Change: the Case for Hydrogen and Coal

• Main Author: Thomas, C.E. Sandy (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 35
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Climate change.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy industries.; Environmental economics.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Energy Economics.; Environmental Economics.

This book documents the advantages and limitations of various electricity generation methods. It illustrates how both electricity and motor fuel can be cost-effectively derived from coal, natural gas or other indigenous fuels, thereby eliminating our dependence on imported oil and the power of OPEC....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Greenhouse Gases by Sector
• Net Greenhouse gas reduction required by Sector
• Electricity Generator Costs and greenhouse gas emissions
• Petroleum and Coal Proven Reserves: the case for coal and the demise of OPEC
• Greenhouse Gas Reduction Costs compared: electricity vs. fuel cell electric vehicles
• Tri-Generation Stations at Big Box Stores and warehouses
• Economics of Electricity and Hydrogen Co-generation at IGCC plants
• Solar-Hydrogen Generation Systems
• Water Consumption
• Coal mine safety
• Conclusions.