{"product_id":"energy-and-climate-change-isbn-9780470853122","title":"Energy and Climate Change","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor more information on this title, including student exercises, please visit\u003c\/b\u003e, http:\/\/www.people.ex.ac.uk\/DAColey\/ \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnergy and Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Future\u003c\/i\u003e provides an up-to-date introduction to the subject examining the relationship between energy and our global environment. The book covers the fundamentals of the subject, discussing what energy is, why it is important, as well as the detrimental effect on the environment following our use of energy. Energy is placed at the front of a discussion of geo-systems, living systems, technological development and the global environment, enabling the reader to develop a deeper understanding of magnitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning is re-enforced, and the relevance of the topic broadened, through the use of several conceptual veins running through the book. One of these is an attempt to demonstrate how systems are related to each other through energy and energy flows. Examples being wind-power, and bio-mass which are really solar power via another route; how the energy used to evaporate sea water must be related to the potential for hydropower; and where a volcano’s energy really comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith fermi-like problems and student exercises incorporated throughout every chapter, this text provides the perfect companion to the growing number of students taking an interest in the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Energy: Concepts, History and Problems 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Energy 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 What is energy? 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Units 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Power 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Energy in various disguises 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Energy quality and exergy 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Student exercises 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The planet’s energy balance 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 The sun 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The earth 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Comparisons 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Student exercises 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 A history of humankind’s use of energy 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Energy and society 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Wealth, urbanization and conflict 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Our current level of energy use 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Student exercises 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Sustainability, climate change and the global environment 77\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Sustainability 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Climate change 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Other concerns 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Debating climate change and answering the sceptics 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 The atmosphere 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Student exercises 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Economics and the environment 143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Key concepts 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Environmental economics 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Student exercises 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Combustion, inescapable inefficiencies and the generation of electricity 159\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Combustion 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Calorific values 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Inescapable inefficiencies 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Heat pumps 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Double Carnot efficiencies 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 The generation of electricity from heat 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Student exercises 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Unsustainable Energy Technologies 179\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Coal 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 History 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Extraction 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 The combustion of coal 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Technologies for use 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Example applications 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Global resource 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Student exercises 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Oil 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Extraction 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 The combustion of oil 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Technologies for use 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Example application: the motor car 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Global resource 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Student exercises 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Gas 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Extraction 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 The combustion of gas 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Technologies for use 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Example application: the domestic boiler 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Global resource 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Student exercises 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Non-conventional hydrocarbons 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Oil shale 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Tar sands 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 Methane hydrate 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Student exercises 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Nuclear power 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Physical basis 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Technologies for use 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Environmental concerns 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Waste 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 World resource 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Example applications 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.7 Is nuclear power the solution to global warming? 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.8 Student exercises 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Hydropower 259\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 History 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Technologies for use 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Example application: Itaipu hydroelectric station 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Environmental impacts 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Pumped storage 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.6 Global resource 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.7 Student exercises 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Transport and air quality 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Present day problems 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Air quality and health 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.3 Example application: air quality in Exeter, UK 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.4 Student exercises 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Figures and philosophy: an analysis of a nation’s energy supply 291\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 The economy 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 Production 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.3 Consumption 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.4 Oil and gas production 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.5 Prices 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.6 Fuel poverty 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.7 Carbon emissions 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.8 Sustainable energy in the UK: the current state of play 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.9 Student exercises 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Climate Change: Predictions and Policies 309\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Future world energy use and carbon emissions 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.1 The world’s future use of energy 312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16.2 Student exercises 322\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 The impact of a warmer world 323\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.1 Climate models 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.2 Natural variability and model reliability 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.3 Future climate change 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.4 Impacts 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.5 Costing the impact 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17.6 Student exercises 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Politics in the greenhouse: contracting and converging 345\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.1 Climate negotiations 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.2 Another approach 355\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.3 Bringing it all together 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.4 Conclusion 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18.5 Student exercises 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Sustainable Energy Technologies 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIV.1 Current world sustainable energy provision 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Energy efficiency 371\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.1 Cogeneration 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.2 Reducing energy losses 374\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.3 Energy recovery 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.4 Energy efficiency in buildings 386\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19.5 Student exercises 394\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Solar power 397\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.1 Passive solar heating 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.2 Heat pumps 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.3 Solar water heating 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.4 Low temperature solar water heating 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.5 Example application: solar water heating, Phoenix Federal Correction Institution, USA 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.6 High temperature solar power 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.7 Low temperature water-based thermal energy conversion 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.8 OECD resource 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20.9 Student exercises 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 Photovoltaics 427\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.1 History 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.2 Basic principles 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.3 Technologies for use 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.4 Electrical characteristics 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.5 Roof-top PV 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.6 Example application: Doxford Solar Office, UK 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.7 OECD resource 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21.8 Student exercises 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Wind power 441\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.1 History 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.2 Technologies for use 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.3 The modern horizontal axis wind turbine 459\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.4 Environmental impacts 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.5 OECD resource 467\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.6 Example application: Harøy Island Wind Farm, Sandøy, Norway 468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22.7 Student exercises 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Wave power 471\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.1 Wave characteristics 472\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.2 Technologies for use 474\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.3 Example application: the Pelamis P-750 wave energy converter 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23.4 Student exercises 478\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24 Tidal and small-scale hydropower 481\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24.1 Tides 482\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24.2 Small-scale hydropower 490\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24.3 OECD resource 496\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24.4 Student exercises 498\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25 Biomass 499\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25.1 History 499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25.2 Basic principles 500\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25.3 Technologies for use 502\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25.4 Example application: anaerobic digester, Walford College Farm, UK 510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25.5 Global resource 511\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25.6 OECD resource 513\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25.7 Student exercises 514\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e26 Geothermal 515\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.1 Background 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.2 History 519\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.3 Resource and technology 520\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.4 Technologies for use 523\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.5 Environmental problems 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.6 World resource 525\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.7 OECD resource 526\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.8 Example application: Hacchobaru geothermal power station, Kokonoe-machi, Japan 526\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.9 Student exercises 528\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e27 Fast breeders and fusion 529\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27.1 Fast breeder reactors 529\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27.2 Fusion 532\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27.3 Example application: JET Torus, Culham, UK 535\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27.4 Student exercises 537\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e28 Alternative transport futures and the hydrogen economy 539\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28.1 Improving energy efficiency 541\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28.2 Alternative transport fuels and engines 544\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28.3 Hydrogen powered vehicles and the hydrogen economy 550\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28.4 Fuel cells 552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28.5 Example application: the greening of natural gas 558\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28.6 Student exercises 559\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e29 Carbon sequestration and climate engineering 561\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29.1 Capture technologies 562\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29.2 Storage technologies 563\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29.3 The reflection of solar radiation 567\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29.4 Example application: Statoil, Sleipner West gas field, North Sea 568\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29.5 Student exercises 569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e30 A sustainable, low carbon future? 571\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30.1 Methodology and assumptions 572\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30.2 Results 572\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30.3 Worldwide reductions 578\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30.4 Conclusion 581\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30.5 What can I do? 581\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30.6 Student exercises 582\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 583\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1 National energy data 593\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2 Answers to in-text problems 613\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3 Bibliography and suggested reading 641\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4 Useful data 643\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 649\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At its modest price it must represent the bargain of the year.\" (\u003ci\u003eChromatographia\u003c\/i\u003e, July 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As a text book for GCSE level students, this title is worthy of \u003cb\u003e4 stars\u003c\/b\u003e.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnagri eMagazine\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Coley\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003cem\u003eEnergy and Climate Change: Creating a Sustainable Future\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Wiley.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past twenty years or so, interest in energy, both in the abstract and in humankind's use of it, has been brought to the fore, especially since concerns over climate change have become more widely reported.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnergy and climate change\u003c\/i\u003e discusses what energy is, why it is important, our current energy systems and more sustainable alternatives, and why energy use is having a 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