Taking a fresh new look at the energy industry and how the Earth’s resources are being developed, the aim of this book is to aid engineers and scientists in attaining sustainability in this field, both from an economic and environmental perspective.
The author herein presents engineering research and practice that is focused on achieving energy sustainability from a global perspective, as is also outlined in other Scrivener books, such as The Greening of Petroleum Operations and the author’s own recently published book, Sustainable Energy Pricing, the companion volume to this book. The author applies the principles of economic sustainability developed there to re-examine actual engineering practices in fossil fuel and alternative energy (such as wind and tidal power) exploration and development.
One of the book’s unique features is its analysis of what is deficient in the thinking and analytical frameworks that inform engineering work done in the field. The book addresses the complex issues surrounding our quest for sustainability and the key causes of the challenges that face the energy industry and its resource development. From this standpoint, the book challenges the reasoning and conclusions drawn from the often-quoted theory of “peak oil”.
Audience:
Sustainable Resource Development is written for a wide audience, from engineering and scientists working in the field to managers, policymakers, and others working in the energy industry. Covering both fossil fuels and alternative and renewable energy sources, this book is for any engineer or student interested in energy resource development, including oil and gas, wind, solar, and the other energy sources.
This groundbreaking new volume:
• Explores how to accomplish true sustainability in the practical engineering of resource development in general and energy resource development in particular, with special emphasis on the ways and means for accomplishing “zero net waste”
• Identifies the principal obstacles to accomplishing true sustainability in such areas as the generation and distribution of electric power, with special emphasis on the best ways to harness the newer alternatives such as wind, tidal, and solar sources
• Compares and contrasts the limitations encountered and opportunities pursued at the international/global level by private-sector competition on the one hand and by international cooperation among government-backed entities (such as OPEC) on the other
• Examines in depth the possibilities offered by developing natural gas on a sustainable basis to replace all other fossil fuel sources and uses
• Takes a detailed look at where some of the best current thinking on globalization and its challenges has gone astray and needs to be corrected if sustainability is to be achieved
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Taking a fresh new look at the energy industry and how the Earth’s resources are being developed, the aim of this book is to aid engineers and scientists in attaining sustainability in this field, both from an economic and environmental perspective.
The author herein presents engineering research and practice that is focused on achieving energy sustainability from a global perspective, as is also outlined in other Scrivener books, such as The Greening of Petroleum Operations and the author’s own recently published book, Sustainable Energy Pricing, the companion volume to this book. The author applies the principles of economic sustainability developed there to re-examine actual engineering practices in fossil fuel and alternative energy (such as wind and tidal power) exploration and development.
One of the book’s unique features is its analysis of what is deficient in the thinking and analytical frameworks that inform engineering work done in the field. The book addresses the complex issues surrounding our quest for sustainability and the key causes of the challenges that face the energy industry and its resource development. From this standpoint, the book challenges the reasoning and conclusions drawn from the often-quoted theory of “peak oil”.
Audience:
Sustainable Resource Development is written for a wide audience, from engineering and scientists working in the field to managers, policymakers, and others working in the energy industry. Covering both fossil fuels and alternative and renewable energy sources, this book is for any engineer or student interested in energy resource development, including oil and gas, wind, solar, and the other energy sources.
This groundbreaking new volume:
• Explores how to accomplish true sustainability in the practical engineering of resource development in general and energy resource development in particular, with special emphasis on the ways and means for accomplishing “zero net waste”
• Identifies the principal obstacles to accomplishing true sustainability in such areas as the generation and distribution of electric power, with special emphasis on the best ways to harness the newer alternatives such as wind, tidal, and solar sources
• Compares and contrasts the limitations encountered and opportunities pursued at the international/global level by private-sector competition on the one hand and by international cooperation among government-backed entities (such as OPEC) on the other
• Examines in depth the possibilities offered by developing natural gas on a sustainable basis to replace all other fossil fuel sources and uses
• Takes a detailed look at where some of the best current thinking on globalization and its challenges has gone astray and needs to be corrected if sustainability is to be achieved
About the Author
Gary M. Zatzman is a researcher with the EEC Research Organization, a multinational community of researchers from various fields in engineering, social science, and the natural sciences researching ways for industry to become sustainable, both from an economic and environmental standpoint. With decades of industry and teaching experience and dozens of papers and books to his credit, the author is one of the world’s foremost authorities on sustainability in the energy sector.
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