Metals, Energy and Sustainability

The Story of Doctor Copper and King Coal

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Earth Sciences, Mineralogy, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries
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Author: Barry Golding, Suzanne D. Golding ISBN: 9783319511757
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: February 26, 2017
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Barry Golding, Suzanne D. Golding
ISBN: 9783319511757
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: February 26, 2017
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

This book explains how and where copper and fossil fuels were formed and the likely future for the extraction of copper and coal. The colourful chronology of our efforts to extract metals from minerals and energy from fossil fuels is presented from earliest times until the present day. The difficult concept of human sustainability is examined in the context of continually decreasing real prices of energy and metals. This book integrates the latest findings on our historic use of technology to continually produce cheaper metals even though ore grades have been decreasing. Furthermore, it shows that the rate of technological improvement must increase if metals are to be produced even more cheaply in the future.

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This book explains how and where copper and fossil fuels were formed and the likely future for the extraction of copper and coal. The colourful chronology of our efforts to extract metals from minerals and energy from fossil fuels is presented from earliest times until the present day. The difficult concept of human sustainability is examined in the context of continually decreasing real prices of energy and metals. This book integrates the latest findings on our historic use of technology to continually produce cheaper metals even though ore grades have been decreasing. Furthermore, it shows that the rate of technological improvement must increase if metals are to be produced even more cheaply in the future.

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