Introduction to Mathematical Geoenergy

Abstract

In this introductory chapter, we relate the geophysics of the Earth and its atmosphere and of the influences of the sun and the moon and cast that into a geoenergy analysis. Geoenergy is energy derived from geological and geophysical processes and categorized according to its originating source. The sources are compartmen-talized according to whether they are radiation-based (such as from sunlight via the photo-electric effect), gravitational (such as from the moon or terrain), geothermal (such as from volcanic sources), kinetic (from the rotation of the Earth and Coriolis forces), or chemical/nuclear (such as from fossil fuel and ion-based batteries). We use these models to project fossil fuel production and provide analysis tools for renewable technologies.