Towards Sustainable Energy

Mankind at the Crossroads

Carlos Marschoff (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

223 Seiten

2025 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-0364-4333-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The goal of reducing the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases is currently accepted by governments and in public opinion. However, it is expected that such reduction should not affect the present capacity of purveying energy. In this respect, the introduction of renewable primary sources that, like solar and wind energy, do not produce emissions has been hailed as the final solution by politics and opinion leaders. This is an overoptimistic diagnostic which is not sustained by solid technical or economic considerations. In this book, presently available primary energy sources are analyzed from the viewpoint of their operating characteristics and of the impacts of their use at large scale. It is concluded that the transition to an energy system with acceptable emission levels is far from being a smooth process and different alternatives are possible. Mankind is presently at a crossroads in which difficult decisions must be taken if climate change is to be addressed without unacceptable social unrest.

Autor

Carlos Marschoff obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he presently is consultant professor of Electrochemistry at the Engineering Faculty. He has been a professor and has developed research at several universities and laboratories in Argentina, Chili, Venezuela and the U.S.His main research interests include hydrogen production and its use as an energy vector, as well as the prospective analysis of the energy market and of the role of renewable sources in it. He has also developed research work in several aspects of interest for Chemical Engineering, including experimental and theoretical studies of thermodynamic properties of non-aqueous solutions and corrosion in specific environments. He has also worked on several aspects of environmental impact of different industrial projects. He is author or co-author of more than one hundred published papers, two books and has been editor of three books on environmental topics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2025
• Verlagsort: Newcastle upon Tyne
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 212 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• ISBN-10: 1-0364-4333-7 / 1036443337
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0364-4333-7 / 9781036443337
• Zustand: Neuware