Beschreibung:
This book puts the debates about the energy-climate continuum on a scientific ground!It is a must-read for everyone, who wants to understand how intimately the energy and climate debates are linked to each other, and who wants to participate in these omnipresent discussions. Antoine Bret explains in his book how fossil fuels became indispensable for our society. He carefully explains how and why this impacts the earth's climate. And he points out that all available fossil fuels will sooner or later be used up. Therefore, he introduces and discusses the alternatives, which are currently considered.
Part I The Problem: What is the problem? Men and Joules.- A few Must-Know.- Fossil Fuels.- ABC of Climate Science.- Part II Elements of Solution: Energy Storage, Carbon Sequestration and Geo-Engineering.- Non-Fossil Energy Sources.- Constraints and Hazards.- A Toy Model.- Part III History: Why Societies are Fragile.- When Things went wrong.- When Things went right.- Appendices.