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  • The Origins of Ecological Economics

    The Bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen

    de Kozo Mayumi ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Environmental Economics
    Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen deserves to be called the father of ecological economics. This book connects Georgescu-Roegen's earlier work such as consumer choice theory and a critique of Leontief's dynamic model, with his later ambitious attempt to reformulate the economic process as 'bioeconomics', a theoretical alternative to neoclassical economics. ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • The Jevons Paradox and the Myth of Resource Efficiency Improvements

    de Kozo Mayumi, Blake Alcott, Mario Giampietro, John Polimeni ...
    Series series Earthscan Research Editions
    �The Jevons Paradox�, which was first expressed in 1865 by William Stanley Jevons in relation to use of coal, states that an increase in efficiency in using a resource leads to increased use of that resource rather than to a reduction. This has subsequently been proved to apply not just to fossil fuels, but other resource use scenarios. For example, doubling the efficiency of food production per ... Leer más

    $73.99 USD

  • Sustainable Energy and Economics in an Aging Population

    Lessons from Japan

    de Kozo Torasan Mayumi ...
    Series Libro 76 - Lecture Notes in Energy
    This book discusses current challenges in Japan, focusing on the nation’s rapidly aging population and low birth rate, along with persistent public bond issues with heavy interest payments, the potential collapse of social security systems, and income inequality, as well as the global picture.In turn, it examines the accessibility of global fossil fuels and feasibility of large-scale solar energy ... Leer más

    $116.09 USD

  • Reconsidering the Privileged Powers of Banks

    Foundations of Sovereign Money, Wealth and Real Capital for Sustainability

    de Kozo Torasan Mayumi, Ansel Renner ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book explores the privileged powers commercial banks hold, namely, their ability to create money out of nothing and then have that money grow in tune with a positive interest rate. Said powers defy, in an unnatural sense, the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The necessity of understanding the dual natures of money, wealth, and real capital, or, put differently, the reality that these ... Leer más

    $116.99 USD

  • Hydrogen Energy in a Sustainable Future

    Phantom or Panacea?

    de Mark Glucina, Kozo Mayumi ...
    Hydrogen — the first element, clean burning and packed with energy — has been hailed as the fuel of the future for generations. Today it is cast as a linchpin of decarbonisation and backed by billions in subsidies. But is hydrogen really the net-zero breakthrough we’ve been waiting for, or a costly distraction? This book cuts through the hype, unpacking the science, economics, and politics of the ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • The Biofuel Delusion

    The Fallacy of Large Scale Agro-Biofuels Production

    de Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi ...
    Faced with the twin threats of peak oil and climate change, many governments have turned for an answer to the apparent panacea of biofuels. Yet, increasingly, the progressive implementation of this solution demonstrates that the promise of biofuels as a replacement to fossil fuels is in fact a mirage that, if followed, risks leaving us short of power, short of food and doing as much damage to the ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future

    Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism

    de Mario Giampietro, Kozo Mayumi, Alevgül Şorman ...
    The vast majority of the countries of the world are now facing an imminent energy crisis, particularly the USA, China, India, Japan and EU countries, but also developing countries having to boost their economic growth precisely when more powerful economies will prevent them from using the limited supply of fossil energy.Despite this crisis, current protocols of energy accounting have been ... Leer más

    $82.99 USD

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  • No Miracles Needed

    How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air

    de Mark Z. Jacobson ...
    The world needs to turn away from fossil fuels and use clean, renewable sources of energy as soon as we can. Failure to do so will cause catastrophic climate damage sooner than you might think, leading to loss of biodiversity and economic and political instability. But all is not lost! We still have time to save the planet without resorting to 'miracle' technologies. We need to wave goodbye to ... Leer más

    $54.99 USD

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  • Powering Up

    Unleashing the Clean Energy Supply Chain

    de Alan Finkel ...
    Former chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his compelling insights and expertise and makes the case for Australia leading the way in the global transition to clean energy.The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel shows how to remove the barriers that prevent nations transforming from petrostate to ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • Energy for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines

    The Science Behind the Headlines

    de Richard A. Muller ...
    The author of Physics for Future Presidents returns to educate all of us on the most crucial conundrum facing the nation: energy.The near-meltdown of Fukushima, the upheavals in the Middle East, the BP oil rig explosion, and the looming reality of global warming have reminded the president and all U.S. citizens that nothing has more impact on our lives than the supply of and demand for energy. Its ... Leer más

    $12.29 USD

  • The Hydrogen Revolution

    A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy

    de Marco Alverà ...
    **Named a Financial Times Best Book of 2021An energy expert shows why hydrogen can fight climate change and become the fuel of the future**We’re constantly told that our planet is in crisis; that to save it, we must stop traveling, stop eating meat, even stop having children. But in The Hydrogen Revolution, Marco Alverà argues that we don’t need to upend our lives. We just need a new kind of fuel: ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Renewable Energies with Energy Storage

    de Winston (Win) Stothert ...
    It has been technologically proven that renewable energy sources can be developed in a socially responsible manner to supply all of the worlds energy requirements without jeopardizing environmental structures. But the world has been facing three interconnected dilemmaclimate, energy and water. How can these be addressed? Authored by Winston (Win) Stothert, Renewable Energies with Energy Storage ... Leer más

    $8.69 USD