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Informationen zum Autor José Goldemberg, a world-renowned expert on energy, is former Rector and Professor at the University of São Paulo and served as Secretary of State for Science and Technology and Secretary of the Environment for Brazil. He is the winner of the 2010 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. Klappentext In Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, Jose Goldemberg, a nuclear physicist who has been hailed by Time magazine as one of the world's top leaders and visionaries of the environment will take readers through the basics of the world energy system, its problems, and technical as well as non-technical solutions to the most pressing energy issues. Zusammenfassung In Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know, José Goldemberg, a nuclear physicist who has been hailed by Time magazine as one of the world's top "leaders and visionaries of the environment " will take readers through the basics of the world energy system, its problems, and technical as well as non-technical solutions to the most pressing energy issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part I: ENERGY - the basic concepts Chapter 1: ENERGY - the basic concepts What are forces? What is work? What is energy? Which are the common forces in nature? What is friction? How does one measure energy? Can energy be created from nothing? What is the First Law of Thermodynamics? How much energy do humans need to keep alive? How much energy do humans need for other activities? What are the sources of energy we use? What is the origin of the energy we use? At what rate is energy consumption growing? What is the role of population growth in energy growth? Why is energy consumption "per capita " growing? What is the relationship between energy and development? What is energy intensity? What is the Human Development Index (HDI)? What is the gross national happiness (GNH)? Part II: THE WORLD'S PRESENT ENERGY SYSTEMS Chapter 2: Energy Sources What are the primary energy sources? What are secondary energy sources? Why are there losses in converting energy sources? What is a Sankey diagram? Chapter 3: Fossil Fuels What do we know about coal? What do we know about oil? What is abiotic oil? How is the price of oil evolving? What do we know about gas? What is the expected life of fossil fuel reserves? How unevenly are reserves of fossil fuels distributed around the world? Chapter 4: Renewables What is biomass? What are hydroelectric plants? What is wind energy? What are photovoltaic panels? What is solar thermal energy? What is solar low temperature thermoelectricity? What is wave energy? What is tidal energy? What is geothermal energy? What is the potential of renewables energies? How much land is needed to produce energy from renewables? Chapter 5: Nuclear Power What is nuclear power? Why has the growth of nuclear energy declined after 1985? What are the problems of nuclear waste disposal? What is the nuclear renaissance? What is nuclear fusion? Part III. THE PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM Chapter 6: Exhaustion of fossil fuels Are fossil fuels being exhausted? What is the "peak oil debate "? Chapter 7: Energy Security What is energy security? What sorts of problems do developing countries face in accessing energy? Chapter 8: Environmental problems Why are environmental problem so important today? Which are the local environmental problems? What is urban air pollution? What is indoor air pollution? Which are the regional environmental problems? What is acid rain? Which are the global environmental problems? What is the greenhouse gas effect? What is the connection between global warming and energy? What is the IPCC (International Panel on Climate Change)? What are the fac...
