Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy Life After Fos
This important book lays bare the dangers of global warming caused by carbon dioxide emissions stemming from fossil fuel use, and proposes pathways toward mitigation. A discussion of the current main uses of fossil fuels acts as a basis for presenting via
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Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy Life After Fossil Fuels
Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy
John Lowry
Avoiding Carbon Apocalypse Through Alternative Energy Life After Fossil Fuels
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John Lowry Bishopstone, Wiltshire UK
ISBN 978-3-319-52194-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52195-4
ISBN 978-3-319-52195-4
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Preface
We have reached the point where the carbon emissions released from combusting fossil fuels are causing global warming. Almost 95% of scientific experts are in agreement that this is a real problem. Global warming gives rise to a myriad of problems, chief among which is sea level rise, which will cause widespread flooding. Global warming is also likely to affect food production, to affect the spread of diseases and to endanger wildlife. After the Paris conference held at the end of 2015, a number of countries worldwide agreed to limit the average increase in temperature to 2 °C, although how they will achieve this is not yet totally clear. Existing technology has developed to the point where we could free ourselves from combusting fossil fuels for the generation of energy, as well as for transport. Not only will this allow us to stop releasing carbon dioxide, one of the chief causes of global warming, but it also looks as though this option could make more economic sense than using fossil fuels for power generation and transport. This book explains the various available sustainable technologies and alternative transport systems. It examines the economi
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