Metals, Energy and Sustainability - The Story of Doctor Copper and King Coal (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book explains how and where copper and fossil fuels were formed and the likely future for the extraction of copper and coal. The colourful chronology of our efforts to extract metals from minerals and energy from fossil fuels is presented from earliest times until the present day. The difficult concept of human sustainability is examined in the context of continually decreasing real prices of energy and metals. This book integrates the latest findings on our historic use of technology to continually produce cheaper metals even though ore grades have been decreasing. Furthermore, it shows that the rate of technological improvement must increase if metals are to be produced even more cheaply in the future.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	March 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Barry Golding • Suzanne D. Golding
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-51173-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Econometrics > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Mineralogy > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	3-319-51173-4
Barcode:	9783319511733

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