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Kicking the carbon habit: global warming and the case for renewable and nuclear energy

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Sweet, William

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Columbia University Press

Publication Date

c2006

Language

English

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The case for sharply cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions

Coal: a Faustian bargain with payments coming due

The basis of it all: Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian

The air we breathe: the human costs of coal combustion

From outer space: Asia's brown cloud, and more

Climate: the lockstep relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature

The drillers

The modellers

The synthesizers

Choices: the low-carbon and zero-carbon technologies we can deploy right now

Breaking the carbon habit

Going all out for renewables, conservation, and green design

Natural gas, gasoline, and the vision of a hydrogen economy

A second look at nuclear energy

How to reduce greenhouse gases now, using today's technology.

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Alternative & Renewable
Asie centrale
Changement climatique
Contrôle d'émission
Dioxyde de carbone
Electronic books
Energies renouvelables
Energy-Generating Resources
energy resources
Environmental Policy
Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Förnybara energikällor
Global warming
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy
Power resources
Public Policy
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy sources
Sources d'énergie
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Alternative & Renewable
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9780231137102
9780231510370

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