Energy and Environment
Jan‐Erik Lane
Abstract
The beginnings of this century sets up the dilemma of more energy or betterment of the environment. If “energy” is the capacity to do work, as often said, then it can be made profitable. If protecting the ecology of Earth is what the COP reunions of the UN aim at, then it is hardly a surprise that China and India reneged against the original formulation of phasing out coal power. Both countries use a lot of coal plants to get cheap energy for rapid economic development. This is dismal fact for COP endeavours.
Topics & Concepts
DilemmaSurpriseCoalWork (physics)ChinaEnergy (signal processing)Natural resource economicsEcologyEngineeringEconomicsPolitical scienceSociologyBiologyMechanical engineeringLawMathematicsWaste managementCommunicationStatisticsGeometryOil, Gas, and Environmental IssuesGlobal Energy and Sustainability ResearchEnergy and Environment Impacts