TY - BOOK ID - 14734572 TI - Metals, Energy and Sustainability : The Story of Doctor Copper and King Coal AU - Golding, Barry. AU - Golding, Suzanne D. PY - 2017 SN - 3319511750 3319511734 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Earth sciences. KW - Fossil fuels. KW - Mineral resources. KW - Energy industries. KW - Sustainable development. KW - Econometrics. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Mineral Resources. KW - Energy Economics. KW - Sustainable Development. KW - Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture). KW - Copper. KW - Coal. KW - Caustobioliths KW - Fossil fuels KW - Native element minerals KW - Transition metals KW - Energy Policy, Economics and Management. KW - Economics, Mathematical KW - Statistics KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Deposits, Mineral KW - Mineral deposits KW - Mineral resources KW - Mines and mining KW - Mining KW - Natural resources KW - Geology, Economic KW - Minerals KW - Environmental aspects KW - Energy policy. KW - Energy and state. KW - Fossil energy KW - Fuel KW - Energy minerals KW - Energy and state KW - Power resources KW - State and energy KW - Industrial policy KW - Energy conservation KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14734572 AB - 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. ER -