Peter J Cook

Clean Energy, Climate and Carbon

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Aimed at the general audience, this volume outlines the global challenge of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the changing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide through time as well as its causes. It then examines the promise and limitations of a wide range of energy technologies for decreasing carbon dioxide emissions. For people who are concerned about climate change or want to learn more about clean energy technologies, this is the definitive survey of the opportunities and the challenges we face in decreasing emissions despite a seemingly inexorable global increase in energy demand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bsp Books Pvt. Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 198mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780415621069
• ISBN-10: 0415621062
• Artikelnr.: 34561447

Autorenporträt

Professor Peter Cook, CBE, FTSE, is a distinguished earth scientist with an outstanding international reputation and many publications on greenhouse gas, energy and resource issues to his credit, including as a Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Special Volume of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. He was the Director of the British Geological Survey from 1990 to 1998 and until 2011 the CEO of CO2CRC, one of the world's leading collaborative research bodies focused on greenhouse gas technologies. He is currently a consultant on energy and greenhouse issues, Senior Advisor to CO2CRC and Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1 The context
2 CO2 and climate change
3 Where and why are we producing so much CO2?
4 Technology options for decreasing CO2 emissions
5 The mitigation mix
6 Where and how can we capture CO2?
7 How can we transport CO2?
8 Storing CO2
9 How do we know CCS will be effective?
10 The cost of clean energy
11 The technology and the politics of clean energy