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Developing Sustainability: Some Scientific and Ethical Issues

Developing Sustainability: Some Scientific and Ethical Issues

Margherita Venturi
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522504924|ISBN10: 1522504923|EISBN13: 9781522504931
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0492-4.ch018
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Venturi, Margherita. "Developing Sustainability: Some Scientific and Ethical Issues." Sustainable Nanosystems Development, Properties, and Applications, edited by Mihai V. Putz and Marius Constantin Mirica, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 657-680. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0492-4.ch018

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Venturi, M. (2017). Developing Sustainability: Some Scientific and Ethical Issues. In M. Putz & M. Mirica (Eds.), Sustainable Nanosystems Development, Properties, and Applications (pp. 657-680). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0492-4.ch018

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Venturi, Margherita. "Developing Sustainability: Some Scientific and Ethical Issues." In Sustainable Nanosystems Development, Properties, and Applications, edited by Mihai V. Putz and Marius Constantin Mirica, 657-680. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0492-4.ch018

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Abstract

The main types of renewable energies are reviewed in relation with currently available technologies, planet's emergencies and strategies towards sustainable development. The discussed issues are: the limited space for living, the biospheric degradation upon fossil fuels burning, the change of paradigm of human happiness from consumption to cultural development, a continuous improving of conversion of the low density and intermittent sun light on final energy on an industrial scale, the need to reintroduce the concepts of “enough” and “equity” while developing the know-how patrimony and good practices for the next generations.

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