Climate Change and Energy Options for a Sustainable Future

Contents
Reaching Out
Foreword
Preface
List of Tables
List of Figures
About the Authors
1. Prologue
2. The World is Fragile
	Deforestation
	Invasive Flora
	Invasive Fauna
	When the Sparrows were smashed
	Hunting and Poaching
	Of Bees, Butterflies, and Elephants
	Pollution
	Over-exploitation
3. A Little More About Mother Earth
	Formation of the Earth
	Enter the Moon
	The Wonder that is India
4. The Incredible Transformation of Hunter–Gatherers into Civilization Builders
	Slavery — A painful chapter in human history
	Collapse of Civilizations
	Wars
	Natural Disasters
	Climate Change and Overexploitation
	The Mayans
	The Easter Island
	The Sumerians
	The Indus Valley Civilization
	The Industrial Revolution
	The Science and Technology Revolution of the Twentieth Century
5. Global Warming is for Real
6. Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases
	Methane
	Nitrous Oxide
	Working Group I
	Working Group II
	Working Group III
7. Energy and Human Development Index
8. How Much Energy Do We Need?
9. Energy Resources
	9.1 Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
		Oil and Natural Gas
		Natural Gas
		Shale Oil and Shale Gas
		Oil Sand
		Electricity from Fossil Fuels
	9.2 Biomass and Biofuel
		Biofuels
		Biodiesel
		The CO2 Impact of Coal, Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels
	9.3 Wind Energy
	9.4 Geothermal Energy
	9.5 Tidal Energy
	9.6 Hydroelectric Energy
10. Solar Energy
	The Solar Energy Potential
	10.1 Solar Thermal
		Advantages and Disadvantages of Solar Photovoltaics
		Deployment of Solar Photovoltaics
		Aquavoltaics and Agrivoltaics
		Space and Material
11. Nuclear Power
	Some Basic Nuclear Physics
	The Manhattan Project and After
	Nuclear Reactors for Electricity Generation
	Why Nuclear Power Did Not Grow as Much as Anticipated?
	The Story of Indian Nuclear Power
	Heavy Water and Enrichment of Uranium
	Commercial Nuclear Power in India
	1974 Pokharan Peaceful Nuclear Experiment and the Technology Denial Regime
	The Way Forward: New Concepts in Reactor Designs
	Molten Salt Reactor
	Pebble Bed Reactors
	Generation IV International Forum (GIF)
12. Nuclear Fusion
13. Accelerator Driven Subcritical Systems
14. Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Waste
	Nuclear Safety
	Defence in Depth
	The Three Mile Island Accident
	Chernobyl
	Fukushima
	Nuclear Waste
15. Healthcare and Other Applications of Nuclear Radiations
16. Hydrogen
	Hydrogen Storage and Distribution
	Uses of Hydrogen
	Hydrogen Road Map
	Hydrogen Hamlets
17. Summary and Outlook
	Summary
	Outlook
18. Epilogue
Bibliography
Index