{"product_id":"life-after-fossil-fuels-alice-j-friedemann-9783030703370","title":"Life After Fossil Fuels: A Reality Check on Alternative Energy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eare our options for replacing the fossil fuels that turn the great wheel of civilization?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurveying 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFossil 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice J. Friedemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030703371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030703370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d","brand":"Alice J. Friedemann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073540288767,"sku":"9783030703370","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_80e31be1-db19-465b-b348-1ee025b0067e.jpg?v=1685448424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/life-after-fossil-fuels-alice-j-friedemann-9783030703370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}