Two billion cars : driving toward sustainability / / Daniel Sperling, Deborah Gordon
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| Autore: |
Sperling Daniel
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| Titolo: |
Two billion cars : driving toward sustainability / / Daniel Sperling, Deborah Gordon
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 388.3/42 |
| Soggetto topico: | Transportation, Automotive - Environmental aspects |
| Alternative fuel vehicles | |
| Motor fuels | |
| Motor vehicles - Fuel consumption | |
| Automobiles - Environmental aspects | |
| Altri autori: |
GordonDeborah <1959->
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| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2009. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-291) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Surviving Two Billion Cars; Chapter 2: Beyond the Gas-Guzzler Monoculture; Chapter 3: Breaking Detroit's Hold on Energy and Climate Policy; Chapter 4: In Search of Low-Carbon Fuels; Chapter 5: Aligning Big Oil with the Public Interest; Chapter 6: The Motivated Consumer; Chapter 7: California's Pioneering Role; Chapter 8: Stimulating Chinese Innovation; Chapter 9: Driving toward Sustainability; Notes; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 'Two Billion Cars' is both a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global auto industry. The authors, both leading transport specialists, contend that two chief polluters - California and China - are taking the lead in embracing eco-friendly policies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Two billion cars |
| ISBN: | 0-19-773433-2 |
| 0-19-974110-7 | |
| 1-281-92564-0 | |
| 9786611925642 | |
| 0-19-970409-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811383503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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