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Energy and climate : vision for the future / Michael B. McElroy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McElroy, Michael B., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Energy development--United States.
- Energy development.
- Energy development--China.
- Energy development--Environmental aspects.
- Energy development--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Energy development--Environmental aspects--China.
- Power resources--United States.
- Power resources.
- Power resources--China.
- Power resources--Environmental aspects--United States.
- Power resources--Environmental aspects--China.
- Climatic changes.
- Power resources--Environmental aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (281 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 'Energy and Climate', Harvard atmospheric scientist Michael B. McElroy provides a broad and comprehensive introduction to the issue of energy and climate change intended to be accessible for the general reader.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Energy basics
- The contemporary US energy system : overview including a comparison with China
- Human induced climate change : why you should take it seriously
- Human induced climate change : arguments offered by those who dissent
- Coal : abundant but problematic
- Oil : a volatile past, an uncertain future
- Natural gas : least polluting of the fossil fuels
- Nuclear power : an optimistic beginning, a clouded future
- Power from wind : opportunities and challenges
- Power from the sun : abundant but expensive
- Hydro : power from running water
- Earth heat and lunar gravity : geothermal and tidal energy
- Plant biomass as a substitute for oil in transportation
- Limiting US and Chinese emissions : the Beijing agreement
- Vision for a low carbon energy future.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-049035-7
- 0-19-755964-6
- 0-19-049034-9
- OCLC:
- 953456453
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