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"Examines the major questions of today: global warming, renewable energy, expanding populations, and sustainability. Without taking sides, presents factual information in a clear and accessible manner"--Provided by publisher.
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Sustainability, Global warming, Renewable energy sourcesShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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Climate of uncertainty: a balanced look at global warming and renewable energy
2010, Ocean Pub.
in English
0976729164 9780976729167
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Table of Contents
keys to unlocking the mysteries of climate change
The basics of climate change
Feedback loops (nature's risk amplifiers)
El nino, volcanoes, and global dimming (the climate change wildcards)
Future manifestitations of global warming (the potential costs of inaction)
Climate change skeptics (scientific champions or modern-day charlatans?)
Population and sustainability (smaller footprints/more feet)
Governments step in
except when they don't (solving the "problem of the commons")
Peak oil (global warming's evil twin)
Glimpsing a sustainable future (terawatts, electric vehicles, and the smart grid)
Nuclear power and clean coal (bridges to a sustainable future)
Renewable options : electricity (reading the menu at the last chance saloon)
Renewable options : transportation (biofuels and hydrogen)
Picking the least-flawed alternatives (reaching into a barrel of snakes).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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