Overview
- Analyzes the environmental and energy-security impacts of replacing the current mix of electricity generation power plants with cleaner-burning plants
- Evaluates the cost, greenhouse gas emissions, and water consumption of alternative electricity generators
- Illustrates how coal and hydrogen can be used to replace society's current dependence on imported oil
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Energy (LNEN, volume 35)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book documents the advantages and limitations of various electricity generation methods. It illustrates how both electricity and motor fuel can be cost-effectively derived from coal, natural gas or other indigenous fuels, thereby eliminating our dependence on imported oil and the power of OPEC. It favours electricity generation systems powered exclusively by natural gas, coal, nuclear and renewables and motor vehicles powered by hydrogen (electricity from coal gasification with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) and hydrogen as the fuel powering fuel-cell electric vehicles produced from natural gas or by gasifying coal With CCS.) The book also demonstrates that the US can meet the Climate Change goal of reducing all greenhouse gases by 80% below 1990 levels in both the transportation and electric utility sectors using hydrogen and coal.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Thomas earned his degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He received the 2010 Jules Verne Award from the International Association of Hydrogen Energy; the inscription on the award reads: “For his leadership in systems studies, analyses, and entrepreneurship in development and commercialization of hydrogen technologies.”
Dr. Thomas’ first book, “SustainableTransportation Options for the 21st century and Beyond: a Comprehensive comparison of alternatives to the internal combustion engine,” by Springer (ISBN 978-3-319-16832-6) compares the cost and environmental attributes of various alternative vehicles including batter
y electric vehicles, hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles, natural gas vehicles, etc., and concludes that only hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles can achieve the desired 80% reduction in U.S. GHGs in the transportation sector.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Stopping Climate Change: the Case for Hydrogen and Coal
Authors: C.E. Sandy Thomas
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Energy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31655-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31654-3Published: 05 January 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81088-1Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31655-0Published: 03 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2195-1284
Series E-ISSN: 2195-1292
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 137
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Climate Change Management and Policy, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Environmental Economics