Format:
1 online resource (228 pages)
ISBN:
9783030432256
Series Statement:
Lecture Notes in Energy Ser. v.76
Content:
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Endorsements -- Four Book Blurbs -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: 'Paradigm Is a Tacit Agreement not to Ask Certain Questions' (Allen 2003) -- References -- 2 Scarcity, Promethean Technology, and Future Perspectives for Fossil Fuels and Uranium -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Reconsidering the Meaning of Scarcity for Sustainability -- 2.2.1 Reconsidering Scarcity in Relation to Limitless Wants -- 2.2.2 Reconsidering Scarcity in Relation to Resource Substation -- 2.2.3 Reconsidering Scarcity in Relation to Inter-generational and Intra-generational Equity -- 2.3 Energy Transformation, Promethean Technology and Reexamining the Transition of Energy and Materials During the Industrial Revolution -- 2.4 Coal, Oil, Natural Gas and Aviation Fuel: The Present Situation and Future Perspectives -- 2.4.1 Coal -- 2.4.2 Oil -- 2.4.3 Natural Gas -- 2.4.4 Aviation Fuel -- 2.4.5 The Future Perspectives for Shale Gas and Methane Hydrates -- 2.5 Uranium and Nuclear Technology -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Credibility of Scientific Analysis, and Assessment of PV Systems and Ethanol Production -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 MuSIASEM Applied to the Evaluation of PV Systems -- 3.3 Large-Scale Ethanol Production from Corn and Sugarcane Reconsidered: The Case of the United States and Brazil -- 3.4 Scientific Analysis and Assessment in the Era of Post-normal Science -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Beyond the Conventional View: Reconsidering Money, Credit and Interest -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Myth of Barter, Money and Credit -- 4.3 The Origin of Money Interest from the Perspective of Structural and Functional Decay -- 4.4 Debt Creation and Control: Miscellaneous Problems -- 4.5 Conclusion -- References -- 5 Capital Interest, the Financial Sector and Debt Expansion: Toward a More Sustainable and Equitable World Order.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030432249
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783030432249
Language:
English
