Walter J. Palmer

Gebundenes Buch

Will Sustainability Fly?

Aviation Fuel Options in a Low-Carbon World

Beschreibung

International air and marine travel have been left to one side in past negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but, unless something is done, emissions from this segment of the world economy will form a progressively larger percentage of the total, especially as emissions fall in other activities. Will Sustainability Fly? broadens and contextualizes the knowledge resource available to academics, policy makers, air industry leaders and stakeholders, and interested members of the public. The book focuses on fuel, providing background in technical and policy terms, from the broadest reliable sources of information available, for the necessary discourse on society's reaction to the evolving aviation emissions profile.

Autor

Walter Palmer retired from being an airline pilot in 2008. His career spanned a wide range of flying experience: his first airline posting was to fly aircraft in the high Arctic throughout northern Alaska, Canada's Arctic archipelago and into Greenland; he retired in a senior position flying very large aircraft internationally for a major airline. Walter's time in the industry included major responsibilities within the Canadian airline pilots' professional association in various positions as a technical and safety specialist with particular expertise in air traffic services (ATS). In addition to this he held various offices on the association's executive council. He also undertook a period in airline management as chief pilot at a major pilot base. Walter is a writer and speaker on issues related to climate change and was selected in 2006 to be trained by Al Gore as a Climate Project presenter. As a result of his interest in both aviation and the environment, he has followed developments in the area of sustainable fuels for many years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 605g
• ISBN-13: 9781409430919
• ISBN-10: 140943091X
• Artikelnr.: 45374565