Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 256 p)
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ill., maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0231510373
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9780231137102
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0231137109
Content:
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 consumption, which Sweet
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-239) and index
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Cover ; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents ; Preface; Chapter 1. The Case for Sharply Cutting U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Part I. Coal: A Faustian Bargain With Payments Coming Due; Chapter 2. The Basis of It All: Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian; Chapter 3. The Air We Breathe: The Human Costs of Coal Combustion; Chapter 4. From Outer Space: Asia's Brown Cloud, and More; Part II. Climate: The Lockstep Relationship Between Carbon Dioxide and Temperature; Chapter 5. The Drillers; Chapter 6. The Modelers; Chapter 7. The Synthesizers
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Part III. Choices: The Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Technologies We Can Deploy Right NowChapter 8. Breaking the Carbon Habit; Chapter 9. Going All Out for Renewables, Conservation, and Green Design; Chapter 10. Natural Gas, Gasoline, and the Vision of a Hydrogen Economy; Chapter 11. A Second Look at Nuclear Energy; Conclusion: How to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Now, Using Today's Technology; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231137119
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Kicking the Carbon Habit : Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy
Language:
English
URL:
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