Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future: Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism

ISBN-13: 9780415539661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 360 str.

Mario Giampietro; Kozo Mayumi; Alevg L. H. Sorman

Opis

The vast majority of the countries of the world are now facing an imminent energy crisis. This text outlines an innovative approach capable of characterising the quality of alternative energy sources in relation to both environmental constraints and socio-economic requirements.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: Defining the Problem  1. Energy Accounting: Sources of Ambiguity  2. Energy Analysis: the Troublesome Birth of a New Domain of Knowledge  3. The Aggregation of Energy Flows at the National Level  4. The Proper Use of Semantic and Formal Categories in Energy Accounting  5. Energy Flows Under Human Control: Energy Input, Power Capacity and Human Labour  6. Cutting Through the Confusion in Net Energy Analysis  Part 2: Proposing a Solution  7. In Search of a Richer, Integrated and Multi-scale Accounting Protocol  8. Concepts, Ideas, and Representations Underlying the Multi-scale Integrated Accounting of Society’s Energy Metabolism  9. Dual Accounting of Energy Flows and the Characterization of the Metabolic Pattern Across Hierarchical Levels  10. Studying the Feasibility and Desirability of the Metabolic Pattern of Society from Within  11. Using the MuSIASEM Approach to Check the External Constraints on the Metabolic Pattern of Modern Societies  12. Using MuSIASEM for Studying Scenarios Based on Alternatives to Fossil Energy  Conclusions: Where do we go from here?