Kicking the carbon habit : global warming and the case for renewable and nuclear energy / William Sweet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweet, William.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Power resources.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

x, 256 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2006]

Contents:

1 The Case for Sharply Cutting U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1

Part I Coal: A Faustian Bargain with Payments Coming Due 9

2 The Basis of It All: Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian 11

3 The Air We Breathe: The Human Costs of Coal Combustion 27

4 From Outer Space: Asia's Brown Cloud, and More 46

Part II Climate: The Lockstep Relationship Between Carbon Dioxide and Temperature 61

5 The Drillers 63

6 The Modelers 88

7 The Synthesizers 111

Part III Choices: The Low-Carbon and Zero-Carbon Technologies We Can Deploy Right Now 131

8 Breaking the Carbon Habit 133

9 Going All Out for Renewables, Conservation, and Green Design 148

10 Natural Gas, Gasoline, and the Vision of a Hydrogen Economy 167

11 A Second Look at Nuclear Energy 180

Conclusion: How to Reduce Greenhouse Gases Now, Using Today's Technology 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-239) and index.

ISBN:

0231137109

0231510373

OCLC:

62493388

Publisher Number:

9780231137102