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Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation - Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems (Paperback, 2011 ed.): Patrick... Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation - Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems (Paperback, 2011 ed.)
Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery
R2,957 Discovery Miles 29 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A vast amount has been written on climate change and what should be our response. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation suggests that most of this literature takes a far too optimistic position regarding the potential for conventional mitigation solutions to achieve the deep cuts in greenhouse gases necessary in the limited time frame we have available. In addition, global environmental problems, as exemplified by climate change, and global resource problems - such as fossil fuel depletion or fresh water scarcity - have largely been seen as separate issues. Further, proposals for solution of these problems often focus at the national level, when the problems are global. The authors argue that the various challenges the planet faces are both serious and interconnected. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation takes a global perspective in its treatment of various solutions: * renewable energy; * nuclear energy; * energy efficiency; * carbon sequestration; and * geo-engineering. It also addresses the possibility that realistic solutions cannot be achieved until the fundamentally ethical question of global equity - both across nations today and also inter-generational - is fully addressed. Such an approach will also involve reorienting the global economy away from an emphasis on growth and toward the direct satisfaction of basic human needs for all the Earth's people. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation is aimed at the many members of the public with an awareness of climate change, but who wish to find out more about how we need to respond to the challenge. It will also be of interest to technical professionals, as well as postgraduate students and researchers, from the environmental and engineering science sectors.

Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation - Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.): Patrick... Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation - Resolving Global Environmental and Resource Problems (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery
R3,098 Discovery Miles 30 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A vast amount has been written on climate change and what should be our response. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation suggests that most of this literature takes a far too optimistic position regarding the potential for conventional mitigation solutions to achieve the deep cuts in greenhouse gases necessary in the limited time frame we have available. In addition, global environmental problems, as exemplified by climate change, and global resource problems - such as fossil fuel depletion or fresh water scarcity - have largely been seen as separate issues. Further, proposals for solution of these problems often focus at the national level, when the problems are global. The authors argue that the various challenges the planet faces are both serious and interconnected. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation takes a global perspective in its treatment of various solutions: * renewable energy; * nuclear energy; * energy efficiency; * carbon sequestration; and * geo-engineering. It also addresses the possibility that realistic solutions cannot be achieved until the fundamentally ethical question of global equity - both across nations today and also inter-generational - is fully addressed. Such an approach will also involve reorienting the global economy away from an emphasis on growth and toward the direct satisfaction of basic human needs for all the Earth's people. Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation is aimed at the many members of the public with an awareness of climate change, but who wish to find out more about how we need to respond to the challenge. It will also be of interest to technical professionals, as well as postgraduate students and researchers, from the environmental and engineering science sectors.

Switching Off - Meeting Our Energy Needs in A Constrained Future (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022): Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery Switching Off - Meeting Our Energy Needs in A Constrained Future (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Patrick Moriarty, Damon Honnery
R1,623 Discovery Miles 16 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The book is about global energy use, its past and present, and its increasingly uncertain future. It lists the various ecological problems facing our planet, not just climate change, and how their gravity has been underestimated. It briefly looks at the various solutions, apart from renewable energy, proposed for solving the problems our present energy use raises, including solar radiation management, carbon dioxide removal, nuclear energy, and energy efficiency. Renewable energy (RE) is seen by many as the panacea for a variety of environmental challenges, and with the New Green Deal, even as a means of accelerating economic growth. The book critically examines the prospects for RE. It concludes that although it is essential that the world shifts to RE, not only will the ecologically sustainable energy from all RE sources likely fall well short of even present global energy use, but the very short time frame left for effective action means that RE cannot be more than of minor help. Hence, deep energy reductions will be needed, especially in high-income OECD countries. The book uses an Earth Systems Science approach, which is necessary because of the interconnection between the various challenges our Earth faces. It aims to combine the latest findings from a diverse array of biophysical as well as socioeconomic sciences to uncover the increasingly constrained energy options we will encounter.

Blackjack FCM Betting System - Updated: Good To Use With Online Casinos (Paperback): Patrick Moriarty Blackjack FCM Betting System - Updated: Good To Use With Online Casinos (Paperback)
Patrick Moriarty
R383 Discovery Miles 3 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Big Data for Urban Sustainability - A Human-Centered Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Stephen Jia Wang, Patrick Moriarty Big Data for Urban Sustainability - A Human-Centered Perspective (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Stephen Jia Wang, Patrick Moriarty
R3,561 R3,298 Discovery Miles 32 980 Save R263 (7%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book presents a practical framework for the application of big data, cloud, and pervasive and complex systems to sustainable solutions for urban environmental challenges. It covers the technologies, potential, and possible and impact of big data on energy efficiency and the urban environment. The book first introduces key aspects of big data, cloud services, pervasive computing, and mobile technologies from a pragmatic design perspective, including sample open source firmware. Cloud services, mobile and embedded platforms, interfaces, operating system design methods, networking, and middleware are all considered. The authors then explore in detail the framework, design principles, architecture and key components of developing energy systems to support sustainable urban environments. The included case study provides a pathway to improve the eco-efficiency of urban transport, demonstrating how to design an energy efficient next generation urban navigation system by leveraging vast cloud data sets on user-behavior. Ultimately, this resource maps big data's pivotal intersection with rapid global urbanization along the path to a sustainable future.

Dean Swift and His Writings (Paperback): Gerald Patrick Moriarty Dean Swift and His Writings (Paperback)
Gerald Patrick Moriarty
R732 Discovery Miles 7 320 Out of stock
Dean Swift and His Writings (Hardcover): Gerald Patrick Moriarty Dean Swift and His Writings (Hardcover)
Gerald Patrick Moriarty
R1,042 Discovery Miles 10 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Paris Law Courts Sketches of Men and Manners (Paperback): Gerald Patrick Moriarty The Paris Law Courts Sketches of Men and Manners (Paperback)
Gerald Patrick Moriarty
R819 R683 Discovery Miles 6 830 Save R136 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource. Its International Law component features works of some of the great legal theorists, including Gentili, Grotius, Selden, Zouche, Pufendorf, Bijnkershoek, Wolff, Vattel, Martens, Mackintosh, Wheaton, among others. The materials in this archive are drawn from three world-class American law libraries: the Yale Law Library, the George Washington University Law Library, and the Columbia Law Library.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.+++++++++++++++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 insure edition identification: +++++++++++++++Columbia University Law LibraryLP3C000820018940101The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative, and International Law, 1600-1926Title vignette Translation of Le palais de justice de Paris, Paris, 1892, with an introductory chapter by the translator on the French judicial system.London: Seeley and Co., Limited, 1894viii, 293 p.: ill., plates; 26 cmUnited Kingdom

Hydrogen Production - Prospects & Processes (Hardcover): Damon Robert Honnery, Patrick Moriarty Hydrogen Production - Prospects & Processes (Hardcover)
Damon Robert Honnery, Patrick Moriarty
R6,066 R5,604 Discovery Miles 56 040 Save R462 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As many of the authors in this book note, the energy available in the hydrogen currently produced around the world is relatively small when compared to the global primary energy use. Such comparisons however yield a poor estimate of hydrogen's importance as we undergo the necessary transition towards low carbon intensity energy generation systems. There are many possible scenarios for future global supply of energy. Production of hydrogen is of vital importance if we wish to secure reliable supplies of low carbon energy. This book is about the methods which can be used to produce the hydrogen that is needed. The methods presented range from those which seek to further develop existing technologies through refinement of the catalysts used, to new methods relying on direct use of sunlight or micro-organisms. The material presented ranges from topic reviews to experimental studies, many of which are at the forefront of their respective areas.

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