Rise and Fall of the Carbon Civilisation

1. The Problems We Face

2. Global Climate Change

3. Earth’s Resources Are Finite

4. Uncertainty in Global Environmental and Resource Problems

5. Renewable Energy: Too Little, Too Late?

6. Nuclear Energy: The Ultimate Technological Fix?

7. Engineering for Greater Energy Efficiency

8. Getting Rid of Atmospheric Carbon: Sequestration and Air Capture

9. Great and Desperate Measures: Geo-engineering

10. The New Economy

11. Conclusions

Keywords: Engineering, Renewable and Green Energy, Climate Change, Social Policy, Nuclear Engineering, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Renewable and Green Energy