The objective of this book is to help readers better understand the links between fossil fuel, greenhouse gas, and climate change in a clear, explanatory format. It avoids sensationalism and politics, using plain language to explain the details of the science, how the science works, and how we know what we know. It describes the history of fossil fuels, why fossil fuel combustion products are a problem, and what must be done to address the impacts on climate. It provides details about a number of energy engineering solutions to replace fossil fuels and technology called geoengineering that can cool the planet and directly remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Some of these technologies can be implemented almost immediately, and others may be applied in the future. Many young people are pessimistic about the future and prepared to give up on addressing climate change. The book strives to maintain hope throughout that humanity can solve this and other environmental problems. The climate crisis was caused by human engineering, and human engineering can fix it. The goal is to produce informed readers that can have responsible discussions with their political leaders about implementing solutions to climate change.
Author(s): Daniel Soeder
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 301
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
About the Author
Chapter 1: The Controversy
Chapter 2: The Anomaly
Chapter 3: The Energy Past
Chapter 4: The Energy Present
Chapter 5: Greenhouse Gas and Climate Change
Chapter 6: Replacing Fossil Fuels
Carbon Tax
Decarbonize
Emerging Economies
Technical Innovation
Chapter 7: Decarbonizing Electricity
Chapter 8: Zero Carbon Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Biofuel Vehicles
Hydrogen Vehicles
Chapter 9: Mitigation by Geoengineering
Solar Radiation Management (SRM)
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR)
Revenue and BECCS
Carbon Sequestration
Geologic Sequestration
Terrestrial Sequestration
Ocean Sequestration
Chapter 10: The Energy Future
Chapter 11: Leaving the Cradle
Glossary
Index
