Fueling Mexico: Energy and Environment, 1850–1950, German Vergara
Автор: Germ?n Vergara Название: Fueling Mexico ISBN: 1108831273 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108831277 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12355.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: German Vergara explains how, when, and why fossil fuels became the basis of Mexican society, comparing Mexico`s fossil transition with those of other countries. The transition from a solar energy regime to one dependent on fossil fuels transformed Mexico`s economy, politics, and culture - with serious environmental and social consequences.
Описание: This timely book critically reviews the role of coal in the 21st century examining energy needs, usage and health implications.
Автор: Van Asselt, Harro (stockholm Environment Institute) Название: Politics of fossil fuel subsidies and their reform ISBN: 1108416799 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108416795 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 21226.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This comprehensive volume focuses on the politics of fossil fuel subsidies and provides insights from numerous case studies, applying a variety of political and economic theoretical approaches. Ideal for researchers, practitioners, and students of political science, international relations, and public policy. This title is also available as Open Access.
From 1868–1872, German geologist Ferdinand von Richthofen went on an expedition to China. His reports on what he found there would transform Western interest in China from the land of porcelain and tea to a repository of immense coal reserves. By the 1890s, European and American powers and the Qing state and local elites battled for control over the rights to these valuable mineral deposits. As coal went from a useful commodity to the essential fuel of industrialization, this vast natural resource would prove integral to the struggle for political control of China.
Geology served both as the handmaiden to European imperialism and the rallying point of Chinese resistance to Western encroachment. In the late nineteenth century both foreign powers and the Chinese viewed control over mineral resources as the key to modernization and industrialization. When the first China Geological Survey began work in the 1910s, conceptions of natural resources had already shifted, and the Qing state expanded its control over mining rights, setting the precedent for the subsequent Republican and People's Republic of China regimes.
In Empires of Coal, Shellen Xiao Wu argues that the changes specific to the late Qing were part of global trends in the nineteenth century, when the rise of science and industrialization destabilized global systems and caused widespread unrest and the toppling of ruling regimes around the world.
Автор: Speight Название: Bioremediation of Petroleum and Petroleum Products ISBN: 0470938498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780470938492 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 29296.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: With petroleum-related spills, explosions, and health issues in the headlines almost every day, the issue of remediation of petroleum and petroleum products is taking on increasing importance, for the survival of our environment, our planet, and our future.
Описание: This book is intended for periodontal residents and practicing periodontists who wish to incorporate the principles of moderate sedation into daily practice. Comprehensive airway management and rescue skills are then documented in detail so that the patient may be properly managed in the event that the sedation progresses beyond the intended level.
Автор: Robertson Название: The Evolution of Earth`s Climate ISBN: 1119407060 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781119407065 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 28979.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Written by a group of the most experienced and well-known environmental engineers in the world, from a unique perspective, this volume explores the hot-button issue of climate change, its causes, and the future of the planet.
Climate change is one of the most controversial and argued issues in the world today, and it has been for years. It has been politicized by politicians on all sides, some scientists have used the study of it for their own material gain above true scientific discovery, and some scientific theories surrounding it have been believed even though proven false. But there is not, by any means, complete agreement among all scientists throughout the world on this issue.
Written by two of the world's most well-respected environmental and petroleum engineers, this book is meant to be one voice in the scientific literature on this important subject. Other books, also available from Wiley-Scrivener, take the opposite stance, but it is important, in our scientific journey, to listen to all voices and rely on facts, rather than opinions. We trust the reader to make his or her decisions based on all of the facts, and not just some of them.
Автор: Avery Samuel C. Название: The Carbon Boycott: A Path to Freedom from Fossil Fuels ISBN: 1476682836 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476682839 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3049.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Calling for a technical and spiritual ground-shift, this book proposes carbon boycotts as collective action, with groups and communities changing what products they consume and seeking new ways to work, live and play to steer aggregate demand towards solar, wind, geothermal and renewable energy alternatives.
Описание: Energy Follies offers students, scholars, policy-makers, and others interested in energy law and policy, a critical appreciation for the history surrounding the federal government`s involvement in energy policy transition decisions, and why those decisions occasionally contributed to future crises triggering additional federal responses, as well as insights for approaching future energy policies.
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. We Are Running Out of Time.- Chapter 3. Wood World.- Chapter 4. We Are Alive Thanks to Fossil-fueled Fertilizer.- Chapter 5. Without Transportation, Civilization Ends.- Chapter 6. What Fuels Could Replace Diesel? .- Chapter 7. Why Not Electrify Commercial Transportation with Batteries?.- Chapter 8. Catenary Electric Trucks Running on Overhead Wires.- Chapter 9. Manufacturing Uses Over Half of All Fossil Energy.- Chapter 10. What Alternatives Can Replace Fossil-fueled Electricity Generation.- Chapter 11. Energy Storage: Excess Electricity from Solar and Wind Must Be Stored.- Chapter 12. Half a Million Products Are Made out of Fossil Fuels.- Chapter 13. And the Renewable Winner Is....- Chapter 14. Scale: How Much Biomass is Required to Replace Fossil Fuels?.- Chapter 15. Grow More Biomass: Where's the Land?.- Chapter 16. The Ground is Disappearing Beneath Our Feet.- Chapter 17. Grow More Biomass: Phosphorus Fertilizer.- Chapter 18. Grow More Biomass: Climate Change.- Chapter 19. Grow More Biomass: Dwindling Groundwater.- Chapter 20. Grow More Biomass: Vertical and Rooftop Farms.- Chapter 21. Grow More Biomass: Pesticides.- Chapter 22. Ethanol and Energy Return on Investment (EROI).- Chapter 23. Corn and Soy Are Supervillains.- Chapter 24. Corn Ethanol. Why?.- Chapter 25. Biodiesel from Algae.- Chapter 26. Fill 'er up with seaweed.- Chapter 27. The Problems with Cellulosic Ethanol Could Drive You to Drink.- Chapter 28. Biodiesel to Keep Trucks Running.- Chapter 29. Can We Eat Enough French Fries?.- Chapter 30. Combustion: Burn Baby Burn.- Chapter 31. Wood and Coal Steam Engines Started the Industrial Revolution.- Chapter 32. Wood Gas Generators.- Chapter 33. Conclusion: Do You Want to Eat, Drink, or Drive?
Автор: Grzegorz Peszko, Dominique van der Mensbrugghe, Alexander Golub, John Ward, Dimitri Zenghelis, Cor Marijs, Anne Schopp, John Rogers, Amelia Midgley Название: Crossroads: Climate Strategies of Fossil Fuel-Dependent Countries ISBN: 146481340X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464813405 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5010.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the fi rst comprehensive stocktaking of what the global lowcarbon transition may mean for fossil fuel-dependent countries and how they can manage. Fossil fuel-dependent countries are the most exposed to the impacts of global low-carbon transition and, at the same time, are often unprepared to manage it. They depend on the export of oil, gas, or coal; the use of carbon-intensive infrastructure (for example, refi neries, petrochemicals, and coal power plants); or both. These countries face at least two climate-related risks. The fi rst-order risk arises from weather-related events induced by climate change. The second-order risk is fi nancial, fi scal, and macro-structural, and it arises from the potentially accelerated transition of the global economy away from carbon-intensive fuels and the value chains based on them. This book focuses on managing these transition risks and harnessing related opportunities. Beyond Stranded Assets identifi es multiple strategies that fossil fuel-dependent countries can pursue to navigate the turbulent waters of a low-carbon transition. The policy and investment choices to be made in the next decade will determine these countries' degree of exposure and overall resilience. Abandoning their comfort zones and developing completely new skills and capabilities in a time frame consistent with the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change is a daunting challenge and requires long-term revenue visibility and consistent policy leadership. This book proposes a constructive framework for climate strategies for fossil fuel-dependent countries based on new approaches to diversifi cation and international climate cooperation. Climate policy leaders share responsibility for creating room for all countries to contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement by building on what each country is good at. ISBN 978-1-4648-1340-5
Описание: Energy Follies offers students, scholars, policy-makers, and others interested in energy law and policy, a critical appreciation for the history surrounding the federal government`s involvement in energy policy transition decisions, and why those decisions occasionally contributed to future crises triggering additional federal responses, as well as insights for approaching future energy policies.
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