Carbon Dioxide as Chemical Feedstock

Preface . List of Contributors . 1 Carbon Dioxide: Utilization Options to Reduce its Accumulation in the Atmosphere ( Michele Aresta ). 1.1 Carbon Dioxide Emission . 1.2 The Accumulation of CO 2 in the Atmosphere, and the Effects that We Fear . 1.3 Technologies to Reduce CO 2 Accumulation in the Atmosphere . 1.4 The Utilization of CO 2 . 1.5 Conditions for Using CO 2 . 1.6 CO 2 : Sources and Prices . 1.7 The Potential for CO 2 Utilization, and the Content of This Book . 1.8 The Need for Research to Speed an Exploitation of the Utilization Option . References . 2 Utilization of Dense Carbon Dioxide as an Inert Solvent for Chemical Syntheses ( Alessandro Galia and Giuseppe Filardo ). 2.1 Introduction . 2.2 Dense…