Ugo Bardi

Ugo Bardi (born May 23, 1952 in Florence ) is an Italian chemist and professor of physical chemistry at the University of Florence .

Academic career and work

Bardi studied chemistry at the University of Florence and graduated in 1976 with the Laurea . From 1976 to 1977 he worked as a postdoc at the State University of New York , from 1977 to 1979 as an assistant at the University of Aix-Marseille . From 1980 to 1982 he was also employed as a postdoc at the University of Berkeley . He later returned to the University of Florence, where he became a professor in chemistry.

Together with Charles Hall, Bardi is editor-in-chief of the 2016 new edition of the journal BioPhysical Economics and Resource Quality , former editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Energy Systems and Policy and a member of the Club of Rome . He is also a member of the scientific advisory board of ASPO and founder of its Italian department.

Bardi's “Seneca Effect” model describes a situation in which the decline of a production is faster than its increase before.

Trivia

Bardi runs his own blog in English and Italian.

Publications (selection)

Monographs

• La fine del petrolio , Riuniti 2003. ISBN 978-8-835-95425-5 .
• with Giovanni Pancani, Storia petrolifera del bel paese , Le Balze 2006. ISBN 8-875-39126-2 .
• Il libro della Chimera , Polistampa Firenze 2008, ISBN 885960365X ISBN 978-8-859-60365-8 .
• The Limits to Growth Revisited , Springer 2011, ISBN 978-1-441-99415-8 .
• La Terra svuotata , Editori Riuniti 2011, ISBN 978-8-864-73067-7 .
  • The pillaged planet. The future of humans in the age of dwindling resources , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-86581-410-4 .
  • Extracted. How the Quest for Mineral Wealth Is Plundering the Planet , Chelsea Green Pub Co 2014, ISBN 978-1-603-58541-5 .
• The Seneca Effect: Why Growth is Slow but Collapse is Rapid , Springer International Publishing, 2017, ISBN 978-3-319-57206-2 .
• The Seneca Effect. Why systems collapse and how we can deal with them . Oekom Verlag, October 2017. ISBN 3960060106 .

Journal articles

• Ugo Bardi, Andrea Atrei, Gianfranco Rovida, Initial stages of oxidation of the Ni3Al alloy: structure and composition of the aluminum oxide overlayer studied by XPS, LEIS and LEED . In: Surface Science 268, Issues 1-3, (1992), 87-97, doi : 10.1016 / 0039-6028 (92) 90952-3 .
• Andrea Balduccia, Ugo Bardi, Stefano Caporali, Marina Mastragostino, Francesca Soavi, Ionic liquids for hybrid supercapacitors . In: Electrochemistry Communications 6, Issue 6, (2004), 566-570, doi : 10.1016 / j.elecom.2004.04.005 .
• Gaia Ballerini, Ugo Bardi, Roberto Bignucolo, Giuseppe Ceraolo, About some corrosion mechanisms of AZ91D magnesium alloy . In: Corrosion Science 47, Issue 9, (2005), 2173-2184, doi : 10.1016 / j.corsci.2004.09.018 .
• Ugo Bardi, The mineral economy: a model for the shape of oil production curves . In: Energy Policy 33, Issue 1, (2005), 53-61, doi : 10.1016 / S0301-4215 (03) 00197-6 .
• Stefano Caporali, Alessio Fossati, Alessandro Lavacchi, Ilaria Perissi, Alexander Tolstogouzov, Ugo Bardi, Aluminum electroplated from ionic liquids as protective coating against steel corrosion . In: Corrosion Science 50, Issue 2, 2008, 534-539, doi : 10.1016 / j.corsci.2007.08.001 .
• Ilaria Perissia, Ugo Bardi, Stefano Caporali, Alessio Fossati, Alessandro Lavacchi, Ionic liquids as diathermic fluids for solar through collectors' technology: A corrosion study . In: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 92, Issue 4, (2008), 510-517, doi : 10.1016 / j.solmat.2007.11.007 .
• Ugo Bardi, Peak oil: The four stages of a new idea . In: Energy 34, Issue 3, (2009), 323–326, doi : 10.1016 / j.energy.2008.08.015 .
• Ugo Bardi, Alessandro Lavacchi: A simple interpretation of Hubbert's model of resource exploitation . In: Energies . tape 2 , no. 3 , 2009, p. 646-661 , doi : 10.3390 / en20300646 .
• Ugo Bardi et al .: Turning electricity into food: the role of renewable energy in the future of agriculture . In: Journal of Cleaner Production . tape 53 , 2013, p. 224-231 , doi : 10.1016 / j.jclepro.2013.04.014 .
• Sgouris Sgouridis et al .: Comparative net energy analysis of renewable electricity and carbon capture and storage . In: Nature Energy . 2019, doi : 10.1038 / s41560-019-0365-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ugo Bardi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal website
• resume
• Ugo Bardi's weblog "Cassandra's Legacy"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cassandra's legacy (Ugo Bardi): The Seneca effect: why decline is faster than growth , August 28, 2011.
2. ↑ Ugo Bardi: The mineral economy: a model for the shape of oil production curves. Energy Policy 33.1 (2005): 53-61.
3. ↑ The Seneca Trap (Ugo Bardi): Fossil fuels: are we on the edge of the Seneca cliff? , December 7, 2014.
4. ↑ Cassandra's Legacy - Ugo Bardi's English language blog , accessed September 28, 2015.
5. ↑ Ugobardi - Italian-language blog by Ugo Bardi , accessed on September 28, 2015.