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ISBN: 0-231-13710-9 , 0-231-51037-3

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Anthropogene Klimaänderung ; Erwärmung ; Energieerzeugung ; Kohlendioxidemission ; Treibhauseffekt ; Klimaschutz ; Emissionsverringerung

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Umfang: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9780231510370

Inhalt: Synthesizing information from leading scientists and the most up-to-date research, science journalist William Sweet examines what the United States can do to help prevent climate devastation. He explores advances made by climate scientists over the past twenty years and addresses the various political and economic issues associated with global warming, including the practicality of reducing emissions from automobiles, the efficacy of taxing energy consumption, and the responsibility of the United States to its citizens and the international community to reduce greenhouse gases. Timely and provocative, Kicking the Carbon Habit is essential reading for anyone interested in environmental science, economics, and the future of the planet.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , 1. The Case for Sharply Cutting U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- , Part I. Coal: A Faustian Bargain with Payments Coming Due -- , 2. The Basis of It All: Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian -- , 3. The Air we Breathe: The Human Costs of Coal Combustion -- , 4. From Outer Space: Asia’s Brown Cloud, and More -- , Part II. Climate: The Lockstep Relationship Between Carbon Dioxide and Temperature -- , 5. The Drillers -- , 6. The Modelers -- , 7. The Synthesizers -- , Part III. Choices: The Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Technologies we can Deploy Right Now -- , 8. Breaking the Carbon Habit -- , 9. Going All Out for Renewables, Conservation, and Green Design -- , 10. Natural Gas, Gasoline, and the Vision of a Hydrogen Economy -- , 11. A Second Look at Nuclear Energy -- , Conclusion: How to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Now, Using Today’s Technology -- , Acknowledgments -- , Notes -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7312/swee13710

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/swee13710

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/swee13710

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Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 256 pages) , illustrations, maps

Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.

ISBN: 0231137109 , 0231510373 , 9780231137102 , 9780231510370

Inhalt: With glaciers melting, oceans growing more acidic, species dying out, and catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina ever more probable, strong steps must be taken now to slow global warming. Further warming threatens entire regional economies and the well being of whole populations, and in this century alone, it could create a global cataclysm. Synthesizing information from leading scientists and the most up-to-date research, science journalist William Sweet examines what the United States can do to help prevent climate devastation. Rather than focusing on cutting oil consumptio

Inhalt: 1. The case for sharply cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions -- Part I. Coal: a Faustian bargain with payments coming due: 2. The basis of it all Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian -- 3. The air we breathe: the human costs of coal combustion -- 4. From outer space: Asia's brown cloud, and more -- Part II. Climate: the lockstep relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature: 5. The drillers -- 6. The modellers -- 7. The synthesizers -- Part III. Choices: the low-carbon and zero-carbon technologies we can deploy right now: 8. Breaking the carbon habit -- 9. Going all out for renewables, conservation, and green design -- 10. Natural gas, gasoline, and the vision of a hydrogen economy -- 11. A second look at nuclear energy -- Conclusion: How to reduce greenhouse gases now, using today's technology

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-239) and index , In English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780231137119

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0231137117

Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sweet, William Kicking the carbon habit New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006

Sprache: Englisch

URL: Volltext

URL: Volltext  (lizenzpflichtig)

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Umfang: x, 256 p. : , ill., maps.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books.

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