Biohydrogen Production: Sustainability of Current Technology and Future Perspective
Increase in green, renewable and sustainable energy demand due to higher environmental impacts (e.g. Greenhouse gases emissions, climate change, etc.) on consumption of fossil fuel resource put down an extra pressure on government, researchers and industr
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ohydrogen Production: Sustainability of Current Technology and Future Perspective
Biohydrogen Production: Sustainability of Current Technology and Future Perspective
Anoop Singh • Dheeraj Rathore Editors
Biohydrogen Production: Sustainability of Current Technology and Future Perspective
Editors Anoop Singh Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India Technology Bhawan New Delhi, India
Dheeraj Rathore School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
ISBN 978-81-322-3575-0 ISBN 978-81-322-3577-4 DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-3577-4
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Foreword
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there are two important and interrelated global problems facing the humankind. They are the depletion of fossil fuels (coal, petroleum and natural gas) and the environmental problems caused by their utilisation. According to the best estimates, most of the fossil fuels, which can be extracted at a reasonable cost, will be depleted by the end of this century. The utilisation of fossil fuels is resulting into huge environmental problems, such as climate change, global warming, ozone layer depletion, acid rains, pollution, oxygen depletion and others. Carcinogens produced by the combustion of fossil fuels are many times more than those produced by cigarettes. Radioactivity produced by coal burning is many times greater than those produced by nuclear power plants. We are observing more frequent and stronger hurricanes, typhoons and tornadoes. We are also observing more and more droughts and floods. As global warming grows, they will also grow in size and frequency. Oceans are rising due to melting glaciers and ice caps. It i
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