| Towards a Cleaner Planet: Energy for the Future Contributor(s): Klapp, Jaime (Editor), Cervantes-Cota, Jorge L. (Editor), Chávez Alcalá, José Federico (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642090494 ISBN-13: 9783642090493 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Power Resources - Alternative & Renewable - Science | Earth Sciences - Mineralogy - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 621.042 |
| Series: Environmental Science and Engineering / Environmental Scienc |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.37 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. |