Kicking the carbon habit : global warming and the case for renewable and nuclear energy / William Sweet.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sweet, William
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.
Subjects:	Renewable energy sources. Power resources. Global warming.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

1. The case for sharply cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
Part I. Coal: a Faustian bargain with payments coming due: 2. The basis of it all Pennsylvania in the Pennsylvanian
3. The air we breathe: the human costs of coal combustion
4. From outer space: Asia's brown cloud, and more
Part II. Climate: the lockstep relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature: 5. The drillers
6. The modellers
7. The synthesizers
Part III. Choices: the low-carbon and zero-carbon technologies we can deploy right now: 8. Breaking the carbon habit
9. Going all out for renewables, conservation, and green design
10. Natural gas, gasoline, and the vision of a hydrogen economy
11. A second look at nuclear energy
Conclusion: How to reduce greenhouse gases now, using today's technology.

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