Marchetti, Cesare

Marchetti, Cesare

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Cesare Marchetti. Cesare Marchetti.

Cesare Marchetti (1927-), an Italian physicist and systems analyst noted for his pathbreaking work in modeling long run patterns of energy substitution, carbon dioxide sequestration, and the production of energy from hydrogen. As a senior scientist at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Marchetti developed the first mathematical models of the long run pattern of energy substitution in industrial economies, i.e., from wood fuel, to coal, to petroleum, to primary electricity (1975). He was among the first to discuss technical aspects of producing hydrogen as an energy carrier (1969) and to propose pumping carbon dioxide into the oceans as a means of climate change abatement. Marchetti made important contributions to the energetics of agriculture and the long run modeling of demographic transitions.

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Cutler Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Marchetti, Cesare". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth November 17, 2008; Last revised Date November 17, 2008; Retrieved February 9, 2012 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Marchetti,_Cesare>

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Cutler Cleveland Editor-in-Chief The Encyclopedia of Earth Cutler J. Cleveland is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is currently a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Boston University, with joint appointments in the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future. He also is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment in Washington D.C. Dr. Cleveland is als ... (Full Bio)

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