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



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Autore: McElroy Michael B. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Energy and climate : vision for the future / / Michael B. McElroy Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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.: 9910810322503321
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Serie: Oxford scholarship online.