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Green petroleum : how oil and gas can be environmentally sustainable / edited by M.R. Islam, M.M. Khan, and A.B. Chhetri

Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: Beverly, MA ; Hoboken, N.J : Scrivener : Wiley, c2012Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xiv, 605 p.)) : illISBN:
  • 9781280768170
  • 1280768177
  • 9781118444108
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9781118072165 | 1280767804 | Erscheint auch als: 9781118072165 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:
  • 665.50286
  • 665.5028/6
  • SCI013000
LOC classification:
  • TN870
Online resources: Summary: Intro -- Green Petroleum: How Oil and Gas Can Be Environmentally Sustainable -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 'Greening': What does it Entail? -- 1.2 The Science of Change: How will our Epoch be Remembered? -- 1.3 Are Natural Resources Finite and Human Needs Infinite? -- 1.4 The Standard of Sustainable Engineering -- 1.5 Can Nature be Treated as if it were Static? -- 1.6 Can Human Intervention Affect Long-Term Sustainability of Nature? -- 1.7 Can an Energy Source be Isolated from Matter? -- 1.8 Is it Possible that Air, Water, and Earth became our Enemies? -- 1.9 Can we Compare Diamonds with Enriched Uranium? -- 1.10 Is Zero-Waste an Absurd Concept? -- 1.11 How can we Determine Whether Natural Energy Sources Last Forever? -- 1.12 Can Doing Good be Bad Business? -- 1.13 Greening of Petroleum Operations: A Fiction? -- 2 From the Pharaonic Age to the Information Age: Have we Progressed in Technology Development Skills? -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Fundamental Misconceptions of the Modern Age -- 2.2.1 Chemicals are Chemicals and Energy is Energy -- 2.2.2 If you Cannot See, it Does not Exist -- 2.2.3 Simulation Equals Emulation -- 2.2.4 Whatever Works is True -- 3 How Long Has This 'Technological Disaster' Been in the Making? Delinearized History of Civilization and Technology Development -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Delinearized History of Time, Science, and Truth -- 3.2.1 Role of First Premise -- 3.3 Other Considerations in Mathematics and Science -- 3.3.1 Numbers in the Qur'an -- 3.4 Modeling Natural Phenomena in Multiple Dimensions -- 3.4.1 Transition from Mathematics of Tangibles to Mathematics of Intangibles -- 3.5 Conclusions -- 4 Is Modern Science Capable of Discerning Between True and False? -- 4.1 Introduction.PPN: PPN: 809702991Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PQE
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