Energy and climate : vision for the future / / Michael B. McElroy
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| Autore: |
McElroy Michael B.
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| Titolo: |
Energy and climate : vision for the future / / Michael B. McElroy
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| ©2016 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (281 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 333.790973 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Energy and climate |
| ISBN: | 0-19-049035-7 |
| 0-19-755964-6 | |
| 0-19-049034-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910798424503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Oxford scholarship online.