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Central issues in global energy are discussed through interdisciplinary dialogue between experts from both North America and Europe with overview from historical, political and socio-cultural perspectives, outlining the technology and policy issues facing the development of major conventional and renewable energy sources. We are facing a global energy crisis caused by world population growth, an escalating increase in demand and continued dependence on fossil-based fuels for generation. It is widely accepted that increases in greenhouse gas concentration levels, if not reversed, will result in major changes to world climate with consequential effects on our society and economy. This is just the kind of intractable problem that Purdue University’s Global Policy Research Institute seeks to address in the Purdue Studies in Public Policy series by promoting the engagement between policy makers and experts in fields such as engineering and technology. Major steps forward in the development and use of technology are required. In order to achieve solutions of the required scale and magnitude within a limited timeline, it is essential that engineers be not only technologically-adept but al

Who reads Understanding the Global Energy Crisis (Purdue Studies in Public Policy)?

Author

Richard A. Simmons; Eugene D. Coyle

Publisher

Published on behalf of the Global Policy Research Institute by Purdue University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781612493091

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Science, Political Science