Ethics & climate change : the greenhouse effect /

Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how to respond: adaptation or avoidance. With adaptation we keep burning fossil fuels, let global temperatures rise and make whatev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Calgary Institute for the Humanities
Otros Autores: Coward, Harold G., Hare, F. Kenneth (Frederick Kenneth), 1919-2002, Hurka, Thomas, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press for the Calgary Institute for the Humanities, ©1993.
Temas:
Global warming > Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects.
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric > Decision making > Moral and ethical aspects.
Réchauffement de la Terre > Prise de décision > Aspect moral.
Effet de serre (Météorologie) > Prise de décision > Aspect moral.
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how to respond: adaptation or avoidance. With adaptation we keep burning fossil fuels, let global temperatures rise and make whatever changes this requires: move people from environmentally damaged areas, build sea walls, etc. With avoidance we stop warming from occurring, either by reducing our use of fossil fuels or by using technology such as carbon dioxide recovery after combustion to block the warming effect. Yet each str.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 199 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index.
ISBN:0889202338
9780889202337
0889208549
9780889208544

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