PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABLETECHNOLOGY -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTIONIF NATURE IS PERFECT, WHAT IS 'DENATURING'? -- REFERENCES -- TRUTH, CONSEQUENCES AND INTENTIONS:ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS INVESTIGATENATURAL AND ANTI-NATURAL STARTING POINTSAND THEIR IMPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW: HOW THE QUESTION OF "INTENTION"POSED ITSELF DURING EARLY MODERN ERA PRE-WW1 -- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW, CONT'D: SINCE WW1 - "THERE IS NOGOD BUT MONOPOLY…" -- INTERVENTION, APHENOMENALITY AND ANTI-NATURE OUTCOMES -- FUNDAMENTAL MISCONCEPTIONS IN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT -- UNDERSTANDING NATURE AND SUSTAINABILITY -- SIMULATING VS EMULATING NATURE -- THE "EXTENSIONS OF MAN" -- THE NEED FOR THE SCIENCE OF INTANGIBLESAS THE BASIS FOR ENGINEERING -- CONCLUSION14 -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- APPENDICES -- A. ANTI-TERRORIST AND RELATEDIDEOPOLITICAL DISINFORMATION -- Item 1 -- Item 2 -- Item 3 -- Item 4 -- B. DISINFORMATION AND/OR INCOHERENCE ONKEY ECONOMIC QUESTIONS -- Item 1 -- Item 2 -- Four Stages in the Economy during the Chávez Government -- Why Is the Economy Growing? -- New Threats and Attempts at Destabilization -- C. DISINFORMATION ABOUT SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND PURPOSE -- Item 1 -- Item 2 -- REFERENCES -- D. BIOMEDICAL DISINFORMATION -- Item 1 -- Item 2 -- Item 3 -- Critical Dose -- Item 4 -- E. THE NATURAL PATH AS THE BASIS OF THE LAW ANDOUTLOOK OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE -- Introduction -- REFERENCES -- A COMPARATIVE PATHWAY ANALYSIS OF ASUSTAINABLE AND AN UNSUSTAINABLE PRODUCT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- Chemical Composition of Polyurethane Fiber -- Biochemical Composition of Wool -- Pathways of Polyurethane -- Pathways of Wool -- Degradation of Polyurethane -- Degradation of Wools -- RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANE WASTE -- UNSUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES -- Toxic Compounds from Plastic.

Environmental Impacts Issues -- How Much of it is Known? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF REACTION-DIFFUSIONBRUSSELATOR SYSTEM BY A.D.M. -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHOD APPLIED TO SYSTEM (1) -- NUMERICAL RESULTS -- Example 1 -- Example 2 -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- ZERO-WASTE LIVING WITH INHERENTLYSUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ENERGY FROM KITCHEN WASTE AND SEWAGE -- ESTIMATION OF THE BIOGAS AND AMMONIA PRODUCTION -- Calculation of Biogas Production Per Day -- Ammonia Production -- Daily Water Requirement -- Utilization of Produced Waste in a Desalination Plant -- SOLAR AQUATIC PROCESS TO PURIFY DESALINATED/WASTE WATER -- Process Description -- UTILIZATION OF BIOGAS IN FUEL CELL -- Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) -- DIRECT USE OF SOLAR ENERGY -- Space Heating -- Water Heating -- Refrigeration and Air Cooling -- Solar Stirling Engine -- SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- TEA-WASTES AS ADSORBENTS FOR THE REMOVALOF LEAD FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF BLACK TEA -- EXPERIMENTAL SETUP AND PROCEDURE -- Adsorbent -- Adsorption Experiment -- Preparation of Sample for Bacterial Analysis -- Counting and Identifying Bacteria from Tea-Waste Samples -- Calculation the Concentration of Bacteria -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- Batch Test -- Langmuir Isotherm -- Effect of pH -- Microbial Influence -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS IN NATURAL PHENOMENA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- KNOWLEDGE DIMENSION -- Example 1 -- Example 2 -- Example 3 -- THE ADOMIAN DECOMPOSITION METHOD IN SOLUTION OFNONLINEAR SIMULATANEOUS EQUATIONS -- Example 4 -- Example 5 -- Example 6 -- Example 7 -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.