Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate
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| Author | Chris Goodall |
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| Original title | Ten Technologies to Save the Planet |
| Cover artist | N/A (artpartner-images.com) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Global Warming, Climate change |
| Genre | Popular science |
| Publisher | Profile Books |
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Publication date
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13 November 2008 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 292 pp (UK paperback edition) |
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| OCLC | 237176788 |
| 363.738746 22 | |
| LC Class | TD885.5.G73 G66 2008 |
Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate (second edition, 2009) or Ten Technologies to Save the Planet (first edition, 2008) is a popular science book by Chris Goodall first published in 2008 and re-issued in 2009 by Profile Books. Its ten chapters each detail a technology that has the potential to reduce Greenhouse Gases while being economically and technologically viable in the present or near future. The book received a positive critical response for the way in which it was written and dealt with the issues surrounding Global Warming.
The book is divided into ten chapters which deal with a different technology (although there was some contention, as raised by the author, with the 'Soils and Forests' Chapter). Typically every chapter covers the advantages, disadvantages and viability (economically and technologically) of the technology.
With regards to wind power, Goodall argues that since the technology to utilise wind efficiently exists currently and there are sufficient sites to supply the world's energy demands ("72 terawatts - around thirty times the world's electricity requirements"), the main obstacle is reliability.
Efficiency of current photovoltaic panels (typically 10%) and the cost (of silicon) are identified as the only remaining problems in rolling out large solar powerplants in places such as North Africa, the Sahara Desert and California, Goodall concludes in the solar energy chapter.
Goodall identifies the Pentland Firth as one of twenty global sites that promise 'enormous potential' with tidal-stream power. Cited as the main reason for continued failure to harness the Ocean's 'enormous untapped potential' is a lack of funding, driven by competition in R&D and a lack of interest; although Goodall is optimistic and admits there have been improvements.
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