L J Reinders

Repairing the Climate

A Plea for Carbon Capture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Climate change is triggered by a too high concentration of greenhouse gases in the air, carbon dioxide in particular, primarily originating from fossil fuel-burning. Since such burning will not stop any time soon, the concentration will undoubtedly rise further, exacerbating climate change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9781032689883
• ISBN-10: 1032689889
• Artikelnr.: 70733817

Autorenporträt

L.J. Reinders has had an active career as a high-energy physicist, earning a PhD from Utrecht University in 1976 and working at various research centres in Europe and Japan until 1988, when he switched to law and legal translation. He has written a biography of the Soviet low-temperature physicist Lev Vasilevich Shubnikov and two books on the prospects for energy production from nuclear fusion.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Acronyms and Abbreviations. Introduction. The Global Carbon
Picture. The 100% Renewable-Energy Option Explored. The Need for Carbon
Capture. The Case of CCS for the Coal Sector. The Need and Status of Carbon
Pricing. Materials and Processes for Carbon Capture. Post- and
Pre-combustion Carbon Capture. Direct Carbon Removal. Compression,
Transport and Storage. Utilization of CO2. CCS Projects and Hubs. Direct
Carbon Removal Companies and Projects. Costs and Economics. Conclusion.
Glossary. References and Literature. Websites. Index.