Beyond smoke and mirrors : climate change and energy in the 21st century / / Burton Richter [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Richter Burton <1931-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Forecasting
Renewable energy sources - Forecasting Twenty-first century |
ISBN |
1-107-20843-2
1-107-71337-4 0-511-67732-4 0-511-68181-X 0-511-68379-0 0-511-80263-3 0-511-67983-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface; List of units; List of conversion factors; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Climate: 2. Greenhouse Earth; 3. Climate modelling; 4. The past as proxy for the future; 5. Predicting the future; Part II. Energy: 6. Taking up arms against this sea of troubles; 7. How fast to move: a physicist's look at the economists; 8. Energy, emissions and action; 9. Fossil fuels: how much is there?; 10. Electricity, emission and pricing carbon; 11. Efficiency: the first priority; 12. Nuclear energy; 13. Renewables; 14. Biofuels: is there anything there?; 15. An energy summary; Part III. Policy: 16. US policy: new things, bad things, good things; 17. World policy action; 18. Coda; References; Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Beyond Smoke & Mirrors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459300803321 |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 | ||
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Beyond smoke and mirrors : climate change and energy in the 21st century / / Burton Richter [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Richter Burton <1931-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Forecasting
Renewable energy sources - Forecasting Twenty-first century |
ISBN |
1-107-20843-2
1-107-71337-4 0-511-67732-4 0-511-68181-X 0-511-68379-0 0-511-80263-3 0-511-67983-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface; List of units; List of conversion factors; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Climate: 2. Greenhouse Earth; 3. Climate modelling; 4. The past as proxy for the future; 5. Predicting the future; Part II. Energy: 6. Taking up arms against this sea of troubles; 7. How fast to move: a physicist's look at the economists; 8. Energy, emissions and action; 9. Fossil fuels: how much is there?; 10. Electricity, emission and pricing carbon; 11. Efficiency: the first priority; 12. Nuclear energy; 13. Renewables; 14. Biofuels: is there anything there?; 15. An energy summary; Part III. Policy: 16. US policy: new things, bad things, good things; 17. World policy action; 18. Coda; References; Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Beyond Smoke & Mirrors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792355903321 |
Richter Burton <1931->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Beyond smoke and mirrors : climate change and energy in the 21st century / / Burton Richter [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Richter Burton <1931-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Forecasting
Renewable energy sources - Forecasting Twenty-first century |
ISBN |
1-107-20843-2
1-107-71337-4 0-511-67732-4 0-511-68181-X 0-511-68379-0 0-511-80263-3 0-511-67983-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface; List of units; List of conversion factors; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Part I. Climate: 2. Greenhouse Earth; 3. Climate modelling; 4. The past as proxy for the future; 5. Predicting the future; Part II. Energy: 6. Taking up arms against this sea of troubles; 7. How fast to move: a physicist's look at the economists; 8. Energy, emissions and action; 9. Fossil fuels: how much is there?; 10. Electricity, emission and pricing carbon; 11. Efficiency: the first priority; 12. Nuclear energy; 13. Renewables; 14. Biofuels: is there anything there?; 15. An energy summary; Part III. Policy: 16. US policy: new things, bad things, good things; 17. World policy action; 18. Coda; References; Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Beyond Smoke & Mirrors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828202503321 |
Richter Burton <1931->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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