| Towards a Cleaner Planet: Energy for the Future 2007 Edition Contributor(s): Klapp, Jaime (Editor), Cervantes-Cota, Jorge L. (Editor), Chávez Alcalá, José Federico (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540713441 ISBN-13: 9783540713449 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: This book presents an overview of the main energy sources, production problems and energy perspectives in Germany and Mexico. It covers the present status of traditional and alternative energy sources like fossil fuels, nuclear, hydraulic, eolic, solar, and hydrogen cells, with emphasis on searching for answers to questions such as what the main problems are of industries based on fossil fuels, what are the proved energy reserves and what is the present status of hydraulic and nuclear energy, including nuclear waste disposal, among others. It also discusses the general problem of energy efficiency from several points of view. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Alternative & Renewable - Science | Earth Sciences - Mineralogy - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 621.042 |
| LCCN: 2007923955 |
| Series: Environmental Science and Engineering |
| Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6.4" W x 9.34" (1.92 lbs) 419 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The world has entered a period of significant changes regarding the future of energy generation, mainly caused by the apparent exhaustion of hyd- carbons in the near future, and the Greenhouse gases (GHG) effect of alt- ing the climate worldwide. Mexico, as a developing country, and as the eleventh-most populated nation with the thirteenth-largest territory, and as the owner of important oil production resources, is a good example of a State needing to improve and increase its energy generation. A concerted action amongst the e- nomic sectors involved - both governmental and industrial - could dras- cally improve the present situation regarding the development of its alt- native energy resources. The main motivation for organizing the German-Mexican Symposium 2006 Energy for the future: towards a cleaner planet, was to get a global perspective for changing the present energy-mix in Mexico, currently based on fossil fuels, towards cleaner energy resources. To achieve this, a wide range of relevant topics must be analysed, such as the state of the art of each energy type, their potential use and benefits, social, economic, - litical and environmental aspects, and their inclusion as a real alternative to energy generation programs. It will take time for every country to reduce its dependence on hydrocarbons and to increase its alternative energies share. |