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The Global Energy Trap and A Way Out

The Global Energy Trap and A Way Out

Parkinson, Frank

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental StudiesHistory & Philosophy of Science

ISBN10: 1901482030
ISBN13: 9781901482034
Publisher: Omega Point Press
Published: Jan 31 2022
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book looks at innovative engineering solutions to the problems of climate change and explores ways in which to develop clean, renewable energy sources.


It is now generally accepted that the world's climate has entered into a phase of warming with potentially disastrous consequences for the planet, but there is no agreement about how to deal with it. The global energy trap of the title refers to the fact that our civilization has been built on energy derived from fossil fuels and when these are exhausted, there must be a collapse of some kind. However, long before we have run them down to exhaustion we shall have pushed atmospheric pollution and global warming beyond a tipping point. In this situation there is no rational choice except to develop clean, renewable energy sources with all deliberate haste. How this can be done is the central theme of the book. Although the answer is largely one of innovative engineering, other social and economic factors must be taken into account, and the book is written for the general reader who is interested in all aspects of this problem which is becoming increasingly urgent.

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