Beyond smoke and mirrors : climate change and energy in the 21st century /

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"Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences of global warming, allowing the reader to draw their own conclusions on switching to more sustain...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Richter, Burton, 1931-2018
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : 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.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Pollution Control.
Climatic changes > Forecasting
Renewable energy sources > Forecasting
Twenty-first century
Forecasts
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; List of units; List of conversion factors; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Climate: 2. Greenhouse Earth; 3. Climate modelling; 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, emission 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. Policy: 16. US policy: new things, bad things, good things; 17. World policy action; 18. Coda; References; Index.

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