What will work : fighting climate change with renewable energy, not nuclear power / Kristin Shrader-Frechette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shrader-Frechette, K. S. (Kristin Sharon)

Series:

Environmental ethics and science policy.

Environmental ethics and science policy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climatic changes.

Nuclear energy--Environmental aspects.

Nuclear energy.

Radioactive pollution of the atmosphere.

Renewable energy sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What Will Work makes a rigorous and compelling case that energy efficiencies and renewable energy-and not nuclear fission or ""clean coal""-are the most effective, cheapest, and equitable solutions to the pressing problem of climate change. Kristin Shrader-Frechette, a respected environmental ethicist and scientist, makes a damning case that the only reason that debate about climate change continues is because fossil-fuel interests pay non-experts to confuse the public. She then builds a comprehensive case against the argument made by many that nuclear fission is a viable solution to the probl

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Glossary; CHAPTER 1. Why Climate-Change Skeptics Are Wrong; CHAPTER 2. Trimming the Data on Nuclear Greenhouse Emissions; CHAPTER 3. Trimming the Data on Nuclear Costs; CHAPTER 4. Fukushima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island: Flawed Science and Accident Cover-Up; CHAPTER 5. Nuclear Energy and Environmental Justice; CHAPTER 6. The Solution: Using Renewable Energy, Efficiency, and Conservation to Address Climate Change; CHAPTER 7. Answering Objections; CHAPTER 8. Conclusions; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 18, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-021518-6

1-283-34895-0

9786613348951

0-19-991178-9

0-19-979475-8

OCLC:

778338381