Overview
- Discusses the environmental impacts of energy production and conversion
- Examines attitudes towards environmental issues related to energy
- Addresses the roles that individuals have as part of a decision-making system
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This book raises awareness about environmental issues that result from energy production, extraction and conversion, and examines the attitudes people have about these issues. It discusses societal and educational relations associated with energy and environmental issues, focusing on philosophical, sociological and psychological views, and provides an analysis of how the individual and the society perceive, process and analyze the information on this subject. The authors present the concept of environmentally conscious engineering, discussing various forms of energy extraction and production, and detail alternative, under-researched and unaffordable solutions, such as nuclear fusion and artificial photosynthesis. The book also touches on topics such as the storage of energy and greenhouse gases, recycling and reuse of energy waste, and energy saving and efficiency. The book will be of interest to students and researchers of environmentally conscious engineering, energy use, and human dimensions of ecology and the environment, as well as NGOs, policy makers, and environmental activists.
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About the authors
Dr. Boris Aberšek is full Professor and Head of Research institute for contemporary technologies at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Slovenia.
Dr. Andrej Flogie is Assistant Professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Slovenia.
Dr. Andrej Flogie is Assistant Professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics, Slovenia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Human Awareness, Energy and Environmental Attitudes
Authors: Boris Aberšek, Andrej Flogie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05871-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05870-7Published: 01 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05873-8Published: 02 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05871-4Published: 30 June 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
Topics: Philosophy of Nature, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Renewable and Green Energy, Natural Resource and Energy Economics