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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael B. McElroy (Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies, Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies, Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.90cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.70cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780190490331ISBN 10: 0190490330 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 06 October 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Energy Basics Chapter 3 The contemporary US energy system: overview including a comparison with China Chapter 4 Human induced climate change: why you should take it seriously Chapter 5 Human induced climate change: arguments offered by those who dissent Chapter 6 Coal: abundant but problematic Chapter 7 Oil: a volatile past, an uncertain future Chapter 8 Natural gas: least polluting of the fossil fuels Chapter 9 Nuclear power: an optimistic beginning, a clouded future Chapter 10. Power from wind: opportunities and challenges Chapter 11. Power from the sun: abundant but expensive Chapter 12. Hydro: power from running water Chapter 13. Earth heat and lunar gravity: geothermal and tidal energy Chapter 14. Plant biomass as a substitute for oil in transportation Chapter 15. Limiting US and Chinese emissions: the Beijing agreement Chapter 16. Vision for a low carbon energy futureReviewsWhat are prospects for future world energy supplies and costs and how will climate change guide them? This book aims to prepare us to address these questions. It describes principles and practices of energy extraction, conversion and usage with lively examples, and it contrasts the cases of the U. S. and China. I recommend it very highly as an accurate, farsighted and readable account of very important issues. --Ralph Cicerone, President of the National Academy of Sciences The topic of energy has suddenly become essential intellectual equipment for the educated person. Michael McElroy, one of the world's most distinguished atmospheric scientists, thoroughly illuminates the topic in this remarkable new book. Energy and Climate provides the definitive one-volume treatment of two of the central issues of our time, the inter-related topics of energy and climate. --Dale Jorgenson, Samuel W. Morris University Professor of Economics, Harvard University Based on his deep knowledge of energy, technology, climate, economics, society, history and international politics, Professor McElroy has recognized the enormous complexity of the issues involved. As an eminent professor, chairman, director and national and international leader, McElroy understands the power of education, enlightenment and persuasion. This is what this book is: a pleasant, inspiring and insightful tutorial to the present and future decision makers by an erudite, wise and patient councilor. I cannot think of a more urgent challenge to human civilization in the 21st century than energy and climate change; and I cannot think of a more timely and appropriate book than this one to meet the challenge. --Yuk L. Yung, Professor of Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology A half-century of climate science has revealed the dangers to society of increasing greenhouse gases, and new energy policy is the only real solution. McElroy brilliantly combines these two topics in this readable and authoritative account of what lies ahead and what we can do about it. Energy and Climate will change the way you think and act about the future. --D. James Baker, Director of Forest and Land-use Measurement, Clinton Foundation, and former Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration McElroy guides us through basic energy and climate science to build a solid case that the ongoing, rapid changes in Earth's climate are driven by human activities, largely the burning of fossil fuels, which must stop if civilization as we know it is to prosper. With an eye toward the positive, he shows the remarkable potential of wind, solar, and other forms of renewable energy to solve this critical problem, which is denied by so many but understood by so few. --William H. Schlesinger, President (Emeritus), The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Millbrook, New York Author InformationMichael B. McElroy is the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard University. His research covers topics ranging from planetary atmospheres to extensive studies of the earth's environment, with particular attention to the impact of human activity, and to the development of options to limit potentially negative consequences of this activity. His bestselling book Energy: Perspectives, Problems, and Prospects was published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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