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Fossil fuel divestment or fossil fuel divestment and investment in climate solutions is an attempt to reduce climate change by exerting social, political, and economic pressure for the institutional divestment of assets including stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments connected to companies involved in extracting fossil fuels.
The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World is a non-fiction book by American journalist and author Paul Roberts. Published in 2004, it is Roberts' book-length debut. It provides an analysis of the various problems associated with humanity's reliance on oil and other fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
Carbon-based fuel is any fuel principally from the oxidation or burning of carbon.Carbon-based fuels are of two main kinds, biofuels and fossil fuels.Whereas biofuels are derived from recent-growth organic matter [1] and are typically harvested, as with logging of forests and cutting of corn, fossil fuels are of prehistoric origin [2] and are extracted from the ground, the principal fossil ...
The book received praise from publications such as The Wall Street Journal, [2] Barron's, [6] National Review, [7] and The Morning Sun of Pittsburg, Kansas. [8] However, the book's conclusions were criticized by Inside Higher Ed, [9] The Huffington Post, [10] The Guardian, [11] and Our World, a publication of the United Nations University. [12 ...
Most liquid fuels in widespread use are derived from the fossilized remains of dead plants and animals by exposure to heat and pressure inside the Earth's crust. However, there are several types, such as hydrogen fuel (for automotive uses), ethanol, jet fuel and bio-diesel, which are all categorized as liquid fuels.
The libertarian Ayn Rand Institute praised the book saying, "A Powerful, Must-Read Defense of Fossil Fuels." [4] The conservative non-profit organization Capital Research Center said of the book that, "Epstein is a self-described philosopher, not a scientist, and he writes for the layman. He likes to describe scientific concepts in useful ways ...
Kick The Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World is a 2010 book by Tom Rand (venture capitalist). The book is about making an energy transition from fossil fuels to clean technologies, by changing to 100% renewable energy .
Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. ... Fossil fuels (11 C, 36 P) G. Fuel gas (6 C, 48 P) I. ... Pages in category "Fuels"