Climate of uncertainty
Subtitle: a balanced look at global warming and renewable energy
By: William Stewart.
Publisher: Ocean Pub.; Ocean Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Flagler Beach, FL
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780976729167
Subjects: Global warming; Renewable energy sources; Sustainability
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: keys to unlocking the mysteries of climate change; title: The basics of climate change; title: Feedback loops (nature's risk amplifiers); title: El nino, volcanoes, and global dimming (the climate change wildcards); title: Future manifestitations of global warming (the potential costs of inaction); title: Climate change skeptics (scientific champions or modern-day charlatans?); title: Population and sustainability (smaller footprints/more feet); title: Governments step in; title: except when they don't (solving the "problem of the commons"); title: Peak oil (global warming's evil twin); title: Glimpsing a sustainable future (terawatts, electric vehicles, and the smart grid); title: Nuclear power and clean coal (bridges to a sustainable future); title: Renewable options : electricity (reading the menu at the last chance saloon); title: Renewable options : transportation (biofuels and hydrogen); title: Picking the least-flawed alternatives (reaching into a barrel of snakes).