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Two billion cars : driving toward sustainability / Daniel Sperling, Deborah Gordon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sperling, Daniel, author.
- Gordon, Deborah, 1959- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation, Automotive--Environmental aspects.
- Transportation, Automotive.
- Alternative fuel vehicles.
- Motor fuels.
- Motor vehicles--Fuel consumption.
- Motor vehicles.
- Automobiles--Environmental aspects.
- Automobiles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Two Billion Cars' is both a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global auto industry. The authors, both leading transport specialists, contend that two chief polluters - California and China - are taking the lead in embracing eco-friendly policies.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Surviving Two Billion Cars; Chapter 2: Beyond the Gas-Guzzler Monoculture; Chapter 3: Breaking Detroit's Hold on Energy and Climate Policy; Chapter 4: In Search of Low-Carbon Fuels; Chapter 5: Aligning Big Oil with the Public Interest; Chapter 6: The Motivated Consumer; Chapter 7: California's Pioneering Role; Chapter 8: Stimulating Chinese Innovation; Chapter 9: Driving toward Sustainability; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773433-2
- 0-19-974110-7
- 1-281-92564-0
- 9786611925642
- 0-19-970409-0
- OCLC:
- 476246495
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