Beyond Smoke and Mirrors : Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century.

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Nobel Prize-winning scientist's assessment of options for switching to sustainable energy provision to avert potentially disastrous consequences of climate change.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richter, Burton
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Climatic changes > Forecasting.
Renewable energy sources > Forecasting.
Twenty-first century > Forecasts.
Climat > Changements > Prévision.
Énergies renouvelables > Prévision.
Vingt et unième siècle > Prévisions.
Climatic changes > Forecasting
Renewable energy sources > Forecasting
Twenty-first century
Forecasts
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Units; Conversion factors; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I Climate; 2 Greenhouse Earth; 3 Climate modeling; 4 The past as proxy for the future; 5 Predicting the future; Part II Energy; 6 Taking up arms against this sea of troubles; 7 How fast to move: a physicist's look at the economists; 8 Energy, emissions, and action; 9 Fossil fuels how much is there?; 10 Electricity, emissions, and pricing carbon; 11 Efficiency:the first priority; 12 Nuclear energy; 13 Renewables; 14 Biofuels:is there anything there?; 15 An energy summary.
  • Part III Policy16 US policy new things, bad things, good things; 17 World policy actions; 18 Coda; References; Index.

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