Innovative Energy Strategies for CO2 Stabilization [Hardcover]

This book discusses feasibility of increasingly efficient energy use and supply from renewable sources, for researchers/advanced students.This book discusses the feasibility of increasingly efficient energy use and the potential for supplying energy from sources that do not introduce CO2 (possibly leading to global warming). The book analyzes the prospects for Earth-based renewables (solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and ocean energy), nuclear fission and fusion, and harvesting solar energy on satellites/lunar bases. It will be essential reading for all those interested in energy issues, including engineers and physicists, and industrial leaders and politicians. It will also be used as a supplementary textbook on advanced courses on energy.This book discusses the feasibility of increasingly efficient energy use and the potential for supplying energy from sources that do not introduce CO2 (possibly leading to global warming). The book analyzes the prospects for Earth-based renewables (solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and ocean energy), nuclear fission and fusion, and harvesting solar energy on satellites/lunar bases. It will be essential reading for all those interested in energy issues, including engineers and physicists, and industrial leaders and politicians. It will also be used as a supplementary textbook on advanced courses on energy.Many of the world's climate scientists believe that the build-up of heat-trapping CO2 in the atmosphere will lead to global warming unless we burn less fossil fuels. At the same time, energy must be supplied in increasing amounts for the developing world to continue its growth. This work discusses the feasibility of increasingly efficient energy use and the potential for supplying energy from sources that do not introduce CO2. The book analyzes the prospects for Earth-based renewables: solar, wind, biomass, hydroelectricity, geothermal and ocean energy. It then discusses nuclear fission and fusionlƒ+