PDF-[BOOK]-Powering Empire: How Coal Made the Middle East and Sparked Global Carbonization

The Age of Empire was driven by coal The Middle Eastas an ideawas made by coal Coals imperial infrastructure presaged the geopolitics of oil that wreaks carnage today Carbonization threatens our very climate Powering Empire argues that we cannot promote worldwide decarbonization without first understanding the history of the globalization of carbon energy How did this black rock come to have such longlasting power over the world economy   Focusing on the flow of British carbon energy to the Middle East On Barak excavates the historic nexus between coal and empire to reveal the industrial and imperial motives behind what is conventionally seen as a technological innovation He provocatively recounts the carbonintensive entanglements of Western and nonWestern powers and reveals unfamiliar resourcessuch as Islamic riskaversion and Gandhian vegetarianismfor a climate justice that relies on more diverse and ethical solutions worldwide. Coal carbonization involves heat ing of coal in the absence of air Coke making process is multistep complex process and variety of solid liquids and ga seous products are produced which contain many valuable products Various products from coal carbo What and where were the Islamic Arab . Empires and what is it like today?. Last Class!!. Learned about some things that came from the Middle East...But what exactly is the Middle East?. What did we say about the title “Islamic Arab Empire”?. By: Katy . Mulderink. Poverty. Poverty is a huge issue in the Middle East, despite what one may think because of the oil industry.. Immigrant families have a hard time adjusting in the Middle East. . Conflict Begins in the Middle East. The Middle East Today . The Ottoman Empire . Rise of the Ottoman Empire. Decline of the Ottoman Empire. An Excellent NPR Report on Partitioning of the Middle East. David Herr. Mark Bentley. Types of coal. 4 Main Types of Coal. Anthracite. Carbon content between 86 and 98 percent. Heat value of about 15,000 BTUs/lb.. Bituminous. Carbon content between 45 and 86 percent. Heat value of 10,500 to 15,500 BTUs/lb.. Clean Coal Technology. Economic Challenges. Questions / Discussion. Citations. According to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in 2015 United States mines produced about 900 million tons of coal. Presented by SRP Community Outreach Department. Agenda. Energy Bingo. What Does It Mean To Be “Energy Literate”?. Brainstorm. Write down your groups’ ideas on post-its. One idea per post-it. What should students learn about energy?. SS7G5 The student will locate selected features in Southwestern Asia (Middle East). . a. Locate on a world and regional political-physical map: Euphrates River, Jordan River, Tigris River, Suez Canal, Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Gaza Strip. . Dian McKinney, Julian Maffei, Ryan Smith, Adrian Thomas, Kaylee Caprari. Clean Coal. What is “Clean Coal”?. It is not clean what so ever. Out of all fossil fuels it is the dirtiest. Pollution to our water and air. Exploring Coal - 1/23/17 - ©The NEED Project . Progression of Coal Formation. Increasing Time and Pressure. Peat. Lignite. Bituminous. Anthracite. Increasing Energy Content. Exploring Coal - 1/23/17 - ©The NEED Project . Byzantine Empire – Eastern Roman Empire Byzantine Empire (330 CE-1453 CE) The Eastern Empire split from Rome after 330 CE, and continued under Greek rule While the West fell in 485 CE, the East continued and was a dominant force A First Comparison. Tracker Upgrade Power WG Meeting. October 7. th. , 2008. Katja Klein. 1. Physikalisches Institut B. RWTH Aachen University. Katja Klein. Serial Powering vs. DC-DC Conversion. 2. Outline. GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE AOTRAUMA MIDDLE EAST AND NORTHERN AFRICA 1 The AOTrauma Middle East and Northern Africa AOTMENA Research Grants are funded by the TMENARegion of the AO Foundation a S Assiri AM, Abedi GR, Saeed AA, Abdalla MA, al-Masry M, Choudhry A, et al. Multifacility Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in Taif, Saudi Arabia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016;22(1):32-40. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.151370.