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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810322503321

Autore

McElroy Michael B.

Titolo

Energy and climate : vision for the future / / Michael B. McElroy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-049035-7

0-19-755964-6

0-19-049034-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

333.790973

Soggetti

Energy development - United States

Energy development - China

Energy development - Environmental aspects

Energy development - Environmental aspects - United States

Energy development - Environmental aspects - China

Power resources - United States

Power resources - China

Power resources - Environmental aspects - United States

Power resources - Environmental aspects - China

Climatic changes

Power resources - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.