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Energy - Crises, Challenges and Solutions (Hardcover)
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Energy - Crises, Challenges and Solutions (Hardcover)
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Energy Global energy demand has more than doubled since 1970. The
use of energy is strongly related to almost every conceivable
aspect of development: wealth, health, nutrition, water,
infrastructure, education and even life expectancy itself are
strongly and significantly related to the consumption of energy per
capita. Many development indicators are strongly related to
per-capita energy consumption. Fossil fuel is the most conventional
source of energy but also increases greenhouse gas emissions. The
economic development of many countries has come at the cost of the
environment. However, it should not be presumed that a
reconciliation of the two is not possible. The nexus concept is the
interconnection between the resource energy, water, food, land, and
climate. Such interconnections enable us to address trade-offs and
seek synergies among them. Energy, water, food, land, and climate
are essential resources of our natural environment and support our
quality of life. Competition between these resources is increasing
globally and is exacerbated by climate change. Improving resilience
and securing resource availability would require improving resource
efficiency. Many policies and programs are announced nationally and
internationally for replacing the conventional mode and also
emphasizing on conservation of fossil fuels and reuse of exhausted
energy, so a gap in implications and outcomes can be broadly traced
by comparing the data. This book aims to highlight problems and
solutions related to conventional energy utilization, formation,
and multitudes of ecological impacts and tools for the conservation
of fossil fuels. The book also discusses modern energy services as
one of the sustainable development goals and how the pressure on
resource energy disturbs the natural flows. The recent advances in
alternative energy sources and their possible future growth are
discussed and on how conventional energy leads to greenhouse gas
formation, which reduces energy use efficiency. The different
policies and models operating is also addressed, and the gaps that
remained between them. Climate change poses a challenge for
renewable energy, and thus it is essential to identify the factors
that would reduce the possibility of relying on sustainable energy
sources. This book will be of interest to researchers and
stakeholders, students, industries, NGOs, and governmental agencies
directly or indirectly associated with energy research.
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