| 书目名称 | Life after Fossil Fuels | | 副标题 | A Reality Check on A | | 编辑 | Alice J. Friedemann | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Surveys the inventory of energy alternatives, examining whether they can replace or supplement fossil fuels.Provides up to date research on the overlooked role of fossil fuels in industry and the chal | | 丛书名称 | Lecture Notes in Energy | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book is a reality check of where energy will come from in the future. Today, our economy is utterly dependent on fossil fuels. They are essential to transportation, manufacturing, farming, electricity, and to make fertilizers, cement, steel, roads, cars, and half a million other products. .One day, sooner or later, fossil fuels will no longer be abundant and affordable. Inevitably, one day, global oil production will decline. That time may be nearer than we realize. Some experts predict oil shortages as soon as 2022 to 2030. What then. .are our options for replacing the fossil fuels that turn the great wheel of civilization?.Surveying the arsenal of alternatives – wind, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, nuclear, batteries, catenary systems, fusion, methane hydrates, power2gas, wave, tidal power and biomass – this book examines whether they can replace or supplement fossil fuels. .The book also looks at substitute energy sources from the standpoint of the energy users. Manufacturing, which uses half of fossil fuels, often requires very high heat, which in many cases electricity can‘t provide. Industry uses fossil fuels as a feedstock for countless products, and must find substitut | | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | | 关键词 | Biofuels; Biomass; Fossil fuels; Peak oil; Transportation; Manufacturing; Renewables; Soil erosion; Aquifer | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70335-6 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-70337-0 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-70335-6Series ISSN 2195-1284 Series E-ISSN 2195-1292 | | issn_series | 2195-1284 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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