Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 236 g
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Energy
Energy and the Future of Transportation
Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 236 g
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Energy
ISBN: 978-3-319-26373-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Transportation also must adapt to other challenges: Threats from climate change, financial busts, supply-chain failure, and transportation infrastructure decay. Robert Hirsch, who wrote the “Peaking of World Oil Production” report for the U.S. Department of Energy in 2005, said that planning for peak world production must start at least 10, if not 20 years ahead of time. What little planning exists focuses mainly on how to accommodate 30 percent more economic growth while averting climate change, ignoring the possibility that we are at, or near, the end of growth.
Taken for granted, the modern transportation system will not endure forever. The time is now to take a realistic and critical look at the choices ahead, and how the future of transportation may unfold.
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Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Transport- und Verkehrswirtschaft
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Industrie- und Technologiepolitik
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface: Running on Empty.- When Trucks Stop Running, America Stops.- Shipping Makes the World Go Round.- Why You Should Love Trains.- Why You Should Love Trucks.- The Oiliness of Everything: Invisible Oil & Energy Payback Time.- Peak Oil and Transportation.- Distributing Drop-in Fuels: The Fastest Road to Something Else.- Post fossil fuels, if biomass is the “Answer to Everything”, is there enough?.- Hydrogen, the Homeopathic Energy Crisis Remedy.- Natural Gas – A bridge fuel to Where Exactly?.- Liquefied Coal: There goes the neighborhood, the water, and the air.- Who Killed the All-Electric Car?.- Can Freight Trains be Electrified?.- All-Electric trucks with Batteries or Overhead Wires.- Overview of the Electric Grid: Herding Lightning.- The Electric Grid trembles When Wind and Solar Join the High Wire Act.- The Electric Blues: Energy Storage for Calm and Cloudy Days.- Other Truck Stoppers: Mother Nature.- U.S. Energy Policy: Oil Wars and Drill-Baby-Drill to Keep Autos Running?.- Where Are We Headed?.