Download or read book Unconventional Fuels Part 2 The Promise of Methane Hydrates Serial No 111 32 July 30 2009 111 1 Oversight Hearing written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life after Fossil Fuels written by Alice J. Friedemann and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-29 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a reality check of where energy will come from in the future. Today, our economy is utterly dependent on fossil fuels. They are essential to transportation, manufacturing, farming, electricity, and to make fertilizers, cement, steel, roads, cars, and half a million other products. One day, sooner or later, fossil fuels will no longer be abundant and affordable. Inevitably, one day, global oil production will decline. That time may be nearer than we realize. Some experts predict oil shortages as soon as 2022 to 2030. What then are our options for replacing the fossil fuels that turn the great wheel of civilization? Surveying the arsenal of alternatives – wind, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, nuclear, batteries, catenary systems, fusion, methane hydrates, power2gas, wave, tidal power and biomass – this book examines whether they can replace or supplement fossil fuels. The book also looks at substitute energy sources from the standpoint of the energy users. Manufacturing, which uses half of fossil fuels, often requires very high heat, which in many cases electricity can't provide. Industry uses fossil fuels as a feedstock for countless products, and must find substitutes. And, as detailed in the author's previous book, "When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation," ships, locomotives, and heavy-duty trucks are fueled by diesel. What can replace diesel? Taking off the rose-colored glasses, author Alice Friedemann analyzes our options. What alternatives should we deploy right now? Which technologies merit further research and development? Which are mere wishful thinking that, upon careful scrutiny, dematerialize before our eyes? Fossil fuels have allowed billions of us to live like kings. Fueled by oil, coal, and natural gas, we changed the equation constraining the carrying capacity of our planet. As fossil fuels peak and then decline, will we fall back to Earth? Are there viable alternatives?
Download or read book Report on Legislative and Oversight Activities of the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives During the Congress written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Methane Gas Hydrate written by Ayhan Demirbas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-02-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gas hydrates represent one of the world’s largest untapped reservoirs of energy and, according to some estimates, have the potential to meet global energy needs for the next thousand years. "Methane Gas Hydrate" examines this potential by focusing on methane gas hydrate, which is increasingly considered a significant source of energy. "Methane Gas Hydrate" gives a general overview of natural gas, before delving into the subject of gas hydrates in more detail and methane gas hydrate in particular. As well as discussing methods of gas production, it also discusses the safety and environmental concerns associated with the presence of natural gas hydrates, ranging from their possible impact on the safety of conventional drilling operations to their influence on Earth’s climate. "Methane Gas Hydrate" is a useful reference on an increasingly popular energy source. It contains valuable information for chemical engineers and researchers, as well as for postgraduate students.
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Download or read book U S Fossil Fuel Resources written by Gene Whitney and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terminology: Proved Reserves and Undiscovered Resources: The Importance of Terminology: The Example of the Bakken Formation; Conventional Versus Unconventional Oil and Natural Gas Deposits; (4) Authoritative Data Sources for U.S. Fossil Fuel Reserves and Resources (R&R); (5) U.S. Oil and Natural Gas R&R: Proved Reserves; Undiscovered Oil and Natural Gas R&R; Sub-Economic Oil and Natural Gas R&R; Shale Oil; Shale Gas; Methane Hydrates; Heavy Oil; (6) U.S. Coal R&R; (7) Expressing Fossil Fuels as Barrels of Oil Equivalent; (8) Overview of Global Fossil Fuel R&R; (9) U.S. Production and Consumption of Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal; Key Terms Used in Oil Statistics. Illus.
Download or read book Energy Natural Gas written by Gene Whitney and published by The Capitol Net Inc. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition examines the production and use of natural gas, natural gas imports and exports, storage, and other pertinent topics.
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Download or read book Advances and Technology Development in Greenhouse Gases Emission Capture and Conversion written by Mohammad Reza Rahimpour and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-07-17 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances and Technology Development in Greenhouse Gases: Emission, Capture and Conversion is a comprehensive seven-volume set of books that discusses the composition and properties of greenhouse gases, and introduces different sources of greenhouse gases emission and the relation between greenhouse gases and global warming. The comprehensive and detailed presentation of common technologies as well as novel research related to all aspects of greenhouse gases makes this work an indispensable encyclopedic resource for researchers in academia and industry.Volume 3 titled Greenhouse Gases Storage and Transportation investigates in detail the methods of storage and transportation, their current status, novel strategies, and the conventional challenges. The book consists of four sections, the first three of which include various strategies employed in the storage and transportation of the major greenhouse gases (GHGs), namely carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Each section addresses recent advances, new concepts, and the economic assessment of storage and transportation facilities. Section 4 surveys the challenges that storage and transportation of GHGs may face and delves into the major problems of the pipelines that are employed for the transportation of the materials - Introduces different technologies for carbon storage and transportation - Describes various methane storage and transportation technologies - Discusses challenges of GHGs' transportation
Download or read book Asian Development Outlook 2013 written by Asian Development Bank and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Asian Development Outlook 2013 estimates that regional economic growth in the Asia Pacific region will pick up to 6.6% in 2013 and reach 6.7% in 2014. This is a distinct improvement on 2012, when growth stood at just over 6%. Consumer prices are expected to rise by 4.0% in 2013 and 4.2% in 2014, up from 3.7% last year. Leading regional economies are settling into a pattern of more moderate, more sustainable growth, founded on new opportunities nearer to home, including domestic consumption and intra-regional trade. Meanwhile, Asia's contributions to global imbalances---its persistent current account surpluses---are smoothly winding down. Yet, developing Asia's recovery phase remains vulnerable to shocks. Strong capital inflows could feed asset bubbles, for example.
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