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Macro-Engineering

A Challenge for the Future

By: Viorel Badescu, V. Badescu (Editor), R. B. Cathcart (Editor)

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Hardcover | 12 October 2006

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Macro-engineering involves the large-scale modification and manipulation of natural systems for the benefit of mankind. The primary goals of some Earth-based macroprojects described in this book are power production, land reclamation, food production, climate change, environment, water, transport and coastal protection. Other Earth or space projects considered here have a more futuristic ring, but our present-day technical skill makes their realization possible. Earth-based macroprojects usually combine different aspects and aims. They have a major impact on the ecology of a region and the inhabitant's means of living (like tourism, fishing, shipping). Its effects may be felt worldwide, like the rise in global sea level after the damming and evaporation of large ocean gulfs for power production, or the change in climate following the regional reduction of solar insolation.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Energy Technology & Engineering Electrical Engineering Power Generation & Distribution Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Pollution & Threats to the Environment Climate Change Transportation Technology in General Engineering in General

Environmental Science Nature & The Natural World Economics Environmental Management

Geo-engineering and energy production in the 21st century	p. 5
Mineral sequestration of CO[subscript 2] and recovery of the heat of reaction	p. 21
Large-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) technology : solar electricity for the whole world	p. 31
Wind parks, mariculture, nutrients from organic waste streams, CO[subscript 2] sequestration : a fruitful combination?	p. 45
A macro-project to reduce hurricane intensity and slow global sea level rise	p. 53
Mitigation of anthropogenic climate change via a macro-engineering scheme : climate modeling results	p. 65
A dual use for space solar power : the global weather control option	p. 87
Space towers	p. 121
Extreme climate control membrane structures : Nth degree macro-engineering	p. 151
Cable anti-gravitator, electrostatic levitation and artificial gravity	p. 175
Planetary macro-engineering using orbiting solar reflectors	p. 215
Stellar engines and the controlled movement of the sun	p. 251
Macro-engineering in the galactic context : a new agenda for astrobiology	p. 281
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