Présente l'histoire du pétrole et du gaz à travers les siècles : utilisation (combustibles, revêtement étanche, médicament) ; rôle dans la révolution industrielle et dans l'expansion des transports au XXe siècle ; extraction ; raffinage ; enjeux économiques et politiques ; état des réserves ; risques environnementaux et humains dans l'avenir. ©Electre 2024
What future for oil and natural gas ?
Man has known oil and gas since time immemorial and their use was even recorded in the Old Testament. The inspiration for fire-worship, they were also put to more practical purposes, with oil being used both for caulking boats and covering roads and as a medicine for curing all ills !
Oil would later become the driving force for the industrial revolution.
Oil and gas are finite resources that take millions of years to form. The carbon dioxide they give off when consumed brings a risk of climate change, produced by the greenhouse effect. The gradual depletion of reserves and the human and environmental risks relating to oil mean we are having to give very serious thought to the respective roles of hydrocarbons and other energy sources in the future.
Paru le : 15/04/2005
Thématique : Matériaux
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Pierre-René Bauquis Auteur : Emmanuelle Bauquis
Éditeur(s) :
Hirlé
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Contributeur(s) : Préfacier : Hubert Reeves
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : Non précisé.
EAN13 : 9782914729369
Reliure : Cartonné
Pages : 151
Hauteur: 31.0 cm / Largeur 22.0 cm
Poids: 0 g
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