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Transport Beyond Oil

Author : John L. Renne
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610910415
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Transport Beyond Oil written by John L. Renne and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to transportation. That means that the national oil addiction and all its consequences, from climate change to disastrous spills to dependence on foreign markets, can be greatly reduced by changing the way we move. In Transport Beyond Oil, leading experts in transportation, planning, development, and policy show how to achieve this fundamental shift. The authors demonstrate that smarter development and land-use decisions, paired with better transportation systems, can slash energy consumption. John Renne calculates how oil can be saved through a future with more transit-oriented development. Petra Todorovitch examines the promise of high-speed rail. Peter Newman imagines a future without oil for car-dependent cities and regions. Additional topics include funding transit, freight transport, and nonmotorized transportation systems. Each chapter provides policy prescriptions and their measurable results. Transport Beyond Oil delivers practical solutions, based on quantitative data. This fact-based approach offers a new vision of transportation that is both transformational and achievable.

Beyond Oil

Author : Chartered Institute Of Transport In Australia (Tasmania) Staff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646365367
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (653 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Oil written by Chartered Institute Of Transport In Australia (Tasmania) Staff and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transport Revolutions

Author : Richard Gilbert
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 1849773459
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Transport Revolutions written by Richard Gilbert and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil sets out the challenges to our growing dependence on transport fuelled by low-priced oil. These challenges include an early peak in world oil production and profound climate change resulting in part from oil use. It proposes responses to ensure effective, secure movement of people and goods in ways that make the best use of renewable sources of energy while minimizing environmental impacts.Transport Revolutions synthesizes engineering, economics, environment, organization, policy and technology, and draws extensively on current data to present important conclusions. The authors argue that land transport in the first half of the 21st century will feature at least two revolutions. One will involve the use of electric drives rather than internal combustion engines. Another will involve powering many of these drives directly from the electric grid - as trains and trolley buses are powered today - rather than from on-board fuel. They go on to discuss marine transport, whose future is less clear, and aviation, which could see the most dramatic breaks from current practice.With its expert analysis of the politics and business of transport, Transport Revolutions is essential reading for professionals and students in transport, energy, town planning and public policy.

Transport for Suburbia

Author : Paul Mees
Publisher : Earthscan
ISBN 13 : 184977465X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Transport for Suburbia written by Paul Mees and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The need for effective public transport is greater than ever in the 21st century. With countries like China and India moving towards mass-automobility, we face the prospects of an environmental and urban health disaster unless alternatives are found. It is time to move beyond the automobile age. But while public transport has worked well in the dense cores of some big cities, the problem is that most residents of developed countries now live in dispersed suburbs and smaller cities and towns. These places usually have little or no public transport, and most transport commentators have given up on the task of changing this: it all seems too hard. This book argues that the secret of 'European-style' public transport lies in a generalizable model of network planning that has worked in places as diverse as rural Switzerland, the Brazilian city of Curitiba and the Canadian cities of Toronto and Vancouver. It shows how this model can be adapted to suburban, exurban and even rural areas to provide a genuine alternative to the car, and outlines the governance, funding and service planning policies that underpin the success of the world's best public transport systems."--Back cover.

Beyond Oil and Gas

Author : George A. Olah
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 3527608354
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Oil and Gas written by George A. Olah and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterpiece, the renowned chemistry Nobel Laureate, George A. Olah and his colleagues discuss in a clear and readily accessible manner the use of methanol as a viable alternative to our diminishing fossil fuel resources. They look at the pros and cons of our current main energy sources, namely oil and natural gas, and varied renewable energies, and new ways to overcome obstacles. Following an introduction, Olah, Goeppert and Prakash look at the interrelation of fuels and energy, and at the extent of our non-renewable fossil fuel resources. Despite the diminishing reserve and global warming, the authors point out the continuing need for hydrocarbons and their products. They also discuss the envisioned hydrogen economy and its significant shortcomings. The main section then focuses on the methanol economy, including the conversion carbon dioxide from industrial exhausts (such as flue gases from fossil fuel burning power plants) and carbon dioxide contained in the atmoshere into convenient liquid methanol for fuel uses (notably in fuel cells) and as a raw material for hydrocarbons. The book is rounded off with a glimpse into the future. A forward-looking and inspiring work regarding the major challenges of future energy and environmental problems.

A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health

Author : Merrill Singer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118787137
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health written by Merrill Singer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to the Anthropology of Environmental Health presents a collection of readings that utilize a medical anthropological approach to explore the interface of humans and the environment in the shaping of health and illness around the world. Features the latest ethnographic research from around the world related to the multiple impacts of the environment on health and of societies on their environments Includes contributions from international medical anthropologists, conservationists, environmental experts, public health professionals, health clinicians, and other social scientists Analyzes the conditions of cultural and social transformation that accompany environmental and ecological impacts in all areas of the world Offers critical perspectives on theoretical and methodological advancements in the anthropology of environmental health, along with future directions in the field

Societies beyond Oil

Author : John Urry
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780321708
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Societies beyond Oil written by John Urry and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would a de-carbonised society be like? What are the implications of a general de-globalisation for our social futures? How will our high-carbon patterns of life be restructured in a de-energized world? As global society gradually wakes up to the new reality of peak oil, these questions remain unanswered. For the last hundred years oil made the world go round, and as we move into the century of 'tough oil' this book examines some profound consequences. It considers what societies would be like that are powering down; what lessons can be learned from the past about de-energized societies; will there be rationing systems or just the market to allocate scarce energy? Can virtual worlds solve energy problems? What levels of income and wellbeing would be likely? In this groundbreaking book, John Urry analyzes how the twentieth century created a kind of mirage of the future that is unsustainable into even the medium term and envisions the future of an oil-dependent world facing energy descent. Without a large-scale plan B, how can the energizing of society possibly be going into reverse?

Transport Revolutions

Author : Richard Gilbert
Publisher : New Society Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0865716609
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Transport Revolutions written by Richard Gilbert and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern societies now rely almost entirely on oil for moving people and freight. The impacts on transport of scarcer and more expensive oil pose major challenges to humanity. They require revolutions in our thinking about mobility, and consequent changes in all forms of transport. Transport Revolutions analyses five episodes of rapid and radical change in the way people and goods have travelled. It examines the worldwide state of transport today, especially its energy use and its impacts, positive and negative. The authors then show, focusing on the United States and China, how ample movement of people and freight could be sustained beyond 2025 with much-reduced dependence on oil. Preparations for the end of cheap oil include: Substantial use of electricity to power land transport Use of wind to help power water transport Reduced movement of people and goods by air New approaches to transport planning, finance, and management. Written for transport professionals, planners, policymakers, managers, and investors, Transport Revolutions will appeal to all who need to keep ahead of mobility changes.

The New Economy of Oil

Author : Norman Selley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134204426
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book The New Economy of Oil written by Norman Selley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The global oil industry is an exceptionally complex one, and its importance to governments, business and society as a whole is immense...The New Economy of Oil aims to set out the challenges and choices ahead, and it makes a fascinating read.' Business News 'John Mitchell, in this excellent book, is looking at the new elements which may influence, or indeed determine, the shape of the oil industry, the behaviour of the main actors, the forces of supply and demand, and the price path.' From the Foreword by Robert Mabro, Director, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies 'The New Economy of Oil is a superior, state-of-the-art tour of a conventional scenario about the near future of the world's oil and oil economy and polity.' Society and Natural Resources In a world where international accountability is increasingly important, the oil industry faces an unprecedented series of challenges. Mitchell's main theme is that the acceptability of oil is becoming more important than its availability. The implications are enormous, given the huge current dependence on oil of so much industry and government revenue. This book is of importance to all those involved with oil - from industry professionals to competitors, commentators, investors, managers, politicians and regulators.

Transportation Energy Conservation Data Book

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Transportation Energy Conservation Data Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Oil & Water

Author : Ralph W. Hooper
Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press
ISBN 13 : 9780913346204
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Oil & Water written by Ralph W. Hooper and published by Cornell Maritime Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It didn't take long after the nation's first oil well was drilled in 1859 in Western Pennsylvania before petroleum became the economic lifeblood of the country. This book explores how a small, family owned barge and transport company ended up supplying petroleum-derived energy to at least 25 percent of the American population. Interstate Oil Transport's phenomenal growth was based on the confluence of five factors: the people who organized and worked for Interstate; Interstate's ability to adapt rapidly to changes in the market for oil; a new fleet of vessels that included a special and powerful oceangoing class of tugs and large oil-carrying barges; expert handling of petroleum and petroleum products; and a regulatory environment that placed few restrictions on the tug and barge business, coupled with monetary policies that provided incentives for growth and investment. Here is the story of the link between the giant oil companies and the ultimate consumers. It reveals how Interstate's owners, management, and workers made Interstate at its heyday the largest waterborne petroleum transportation company in the United States.

Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation

Author : Tony Seba
Publisher : Tony Seba
ISBN 13 : 0692210539
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation written by Tony Seba and published by Tony Seba. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The industrial age of energy and transportation will be over by 2030. Maybe before. Exponentially improving technologies such as solar, electric vehicles, and autonomous (self-driving) cars will disrupt and sweep away the energy and transportation industries as we know it. The same Silicon Valley ecosystem that created bit-based technologies that have disrupted atom-based industries is now creating bit- and electron-based technologies that will disrupt atom-based energy industries. Clean Disruption projections (based on technology cost curves, business model innovation as well as product innovation) show that by 2030: - All new energy will be provided by solar or wind. - All new mass-market vehicles will be electric. - All of these vehicles will be autonomous (self-driving) or semi-autonomous. - The new car market will shrink by 80%. - Even assuming that EVs don't kill the gasoline car by 2030, the self-driving car will shrink the new car market by 80%. - Gasoline will be obsolete. Nuclear is already obsolete. - Up to 80% of highways will be redundant. - Up to 80% of parking spaces will be redundant. - The concept of individual car ownership will be obsolete. - The Car Insurance industry will be disrupted. The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of rocks. It ended because a disruptive technology ushered in the Bronze Age. The era of centralized, command-and-control, extraction-resource-based energy sources (oil, gas, coal and nuclear) will not end because we run out of petroleum, natural gas, coal, or uranium. It will end because these energy sources, the business models they employ, and the products that sustain them will be disrupted by superior technologies, product architectures, and business models. This is a technology-based disruption reminiscent of how the cell phone, Internet, and personal computer swept away industries such as landline telephony, publishing, and mainframe computers. Just like those technology disruptions flipped the architecture of information and brought abundant, cheap and participatory information, the clean disruption will flip the architecture of energy and bring abundant, cheap and participatory energy. Just like those previous technology disruptions, the Clean Disruption is inevitable and it will be swift.

Transportation Energy Data Book

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transportation Energy Data Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?

Author : James Wilt
Publisher : Between the Lines
ISBN 13 : 1771134496
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? written by James Wilt and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2020-04-22 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public transportation is in crisis. Through an assessment of the history of automobility in North America, the “three revolutions” in automotive transportation, as well as the current work of committed people advocating for a different way forward, James Wilt imagines what public transit should look like in order to be green and equitable. Wilt considers environment and climate change, economic and racial inequality, urban density, accessibility and safety, work and labour unions, privacy and control of personal data, as well as the importance of public and democratic decision-making. Based on interviews with more than forty experts, including community activists, academics, transit planners, authors, and journalists, Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars? explores our ability to exert power over how cities are built and for whom.

Beyond the Midnight Oil

Author : Paul Christopher Neville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780642451804
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Midnight Oil written by Paul Christopher Neville and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transport Revolutions

Author : Richard Gilbert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136550909
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Transport Revolutions written by Richard Gilbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil sets out the challenges to our growing dependence on transport fuelled by low-priced oil. These challenges include an early peak in world oil production and profound climate change resulting in part from oil use. It proposes responses to ensure effective, secure movement of people and goods in ways that make the best use of renewable sources of energy while minimizing environmental impacts. Transport Revolutions synthesizes engineering, economics, environment, organization, policy and technology, and draws extensively on current data to present important conclusions. The authors argue that land transport in the first half of the 21st century will feature at least two revolutions. One will involve the use of electric drives rather than internal combustion engines. Another will involve powering many of these drives directly from the electric grid - as trains and trolley buses are powered today - rather than from on-board fuel. They go on to discuss marine transport, whose future is less clear, and aviation, which could see the most dramatic breaks from current practice. With its expert analysis of the politics and business of transport, Transport Revolutions is essential reading for professionals and students in transport, energy, town planning and public policy.