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Have you ever wondered by how much CO2 emissions can be reduced by
running cars electrically or with hydrogen as fuel? This Brief
provides a quantitative answer to this question using the example
of the combined road traffic in Spain. The authors calculate the
resulting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the production of
hydrogen gas or the required electricity and installing and
maintaining the necessary infrastructure. In this way, they can
compare with the GHG emissions in the present situation of oil
fueled cars. Using different scenarios, they obtain an assessment
how much 'greener' the electric or hydrogen cars can get.The method
described in this Brief is scalable and readily adaptable to other
countries. It can thus be used for investigating sensible
approaches and developing recommendations for a conversion. As
expected, the results depend strongly on the production scenarios
for hydrogen or electricity production. The wrong choice can even
result in increased GHG emissions. A proper choice of the roadmap
toward a more sustainable and greener future is of greatest
importance - the results described in this Brief can serve as a
valuable and useful guide on our way.
This book puts the debates about the energy-climate continuum on a
scientific ground! It is a must-read for everyone, who wants to
understand how intimately the energy and climate debates are linked
to each other, and who wants to participate in these omnipresent
discussions. Antoine Bret explains in his book how fossil fuels
became indispensable for our society. He carefully explains how and
why this impacts the earth's climate. And he points out that all
available fossil fuels will sooner or later be used up. Therefore,
he introduces and discusses the alternatives, which are currently
considered. The book is divided into three parts. The first part
explains the problem and where we stand today, the second part
critically discusses possible elements of solution. The third part
illustrates historic case studies, containing both warning as well
as encouraging examples of societies at turning points. This book
is a careful introduction to these topics. The basic science behind
the problem and the debates are introduced in an understandable and
nicely readable fashion. Facts are illustrated with simple
back-on-the-envelope calculations, providing a good feeling for
orders of magnitudes. A rich appendix provides additional
background information for the interested readers. In this way, the
book can even be a valuable resource for introductory university
courses in physics, climate science, natural science and many more
subjects. This book is a real conversation starter and can be
recommended to everyone, specialist or non-specialist, who wants to
understand the actual energy-climate debates and maybe even
involve.
Description: Why do so many think the Bible teaches that the
universe is six thousand years old? There are many good biblical
and historical reasons to read Genesis 1 nonliterally, and there
are many good scientific reasons to think the universe is much
older. Out of this misconception, some will lose faith, while
others won't find it. This book was written for a large audience,
gathering in a little more than one hundred pages the main
biblical, historical, and astrophysical reasons to recognize that
the universe is far more than six thousand years old. Contrary to
some common views, scientists do not simply assume physical laws
have been the same in the past. They observe it.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the
pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text,
possible missing pages, missing text and other issues beyond our
control.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Oeuvres De Moliere, Volume 7; Oeuvres De Moliere; Moliere
Moliere, Antoine Bret Libraires associes, 1786 Drama; Continental
European; Drama / Continental European; Literary Criticism / Drama
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Oeuvres De Moliere, Volume 2; Oeuvres De Moliere; Moliere
Moliere, Antoine Bret Libraires associes, 1786 Drama; Continental
European; Drama / Continental European; Literary Criticism / Drama
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