Energy Analysis for a Sustainable Future - Giampietro, Mario (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain) a Mayumi, Kozo a Sorman, Alevgul (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain)

This book explains why conventional energy analysis and statistics are not useful for generating robust energy scenarios and effective assessments of the quality of alternative energy sources. Then it presents an innovative multi-scale approach, illustrated with empirical results, for effectively dealing with sustainability in face of the coming energy crisis.