TY  - BOOK
AU  - Golding,Barry
AU  - Golding,Suzanne D.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Metals, Energy and Sustainability: The Story of Doctor Copper and King Coal 
SN  - 9783319511757
AV  - TN260 
U1  - 553 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Mineral resources
KW  - Energy policy
KW  - Energy and state
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Econometrics
KW  - Fossil fuels
KW  - Mineral Resources
KW  - Energy Policy, Economics and Management
KW  - Sustainable Development
KW  - Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)
N1  - Introduction - Dr Copper and King Coal -- Properties of Copper and Coal -- Copper and Coal through the Ages -- Metals Energy and Sustainability -- Conclusion -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only. Доступно лише організаціям членам підписки
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51175-7
ER  -