Michael B McElroy

Energy and Climate

Vision for the Future

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Produktbeschreibung

In "Energy and Climate: Vision for the Future," 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780190490331
• ISBN-10: 0190490330
• Artikelnr.: 45713523

Autorenporträt

Michael B. McElroy is the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1 Introduction
* Chapter 2 Energy Basics
* Chapter 3 The contemporary US energy system: overview including a
comparison with China
* Chapter 4 Human induced climate change: why you should take it
seriously
* Chapter 5 Human induced climate change: arguments offered by those
who dissent
* Chapter 6 Coal: abundant but problematic
* Chapter 7 Oil: a volatile past, an uncertain future
* Chapter 8 Natural gas: least polluting of the fossil fuels
* Chapter 9 Nuclear power: an optimistic beginning, a clouded future
* Chapter 10. Power from wind: opportunities and challenges
* Chapter 11. Power from the sun: abundant but expensive
* Chapter 12. Hydro: power from running water
* Chapter 13. Earth heat and lunar gravity: geothermal and tidal energy
* Chapter 14. Plant biomass as a substitute for oil in transportation
* Chapter 15. Limiting US and Chinese emissions: the Beijing agreement
* Chapter 16. Vision for a low carbon energy future