Title:
Clean energy, climate and carbon
Author:
Cook, P. J. (Peter John), 1938-
ISBN:
9780643094857
9780415621069
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Publication Information:
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing ; Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, ©2012.
Physical Description:
xiii, 215 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
General Note:
"A Balkema book"--Cover.
Contents:
1. The context -- 2. CO2 and climate change -- 3. Where and why are we producing so much CO2? -- 4. Technology options for decreasing CO2 emissions -- 5. The mitigation mix -- 6. Where and how can we capture CO2? -- 7. How can we transport CO2? -- 8. Storing CO2 -- 9. How do we know CCS will be effective? -- 10. The cost of clean energy -- 11. The technology and the politics of clean energy.
Abstract:
Outlines the global challenge of decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. It covers the changing concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide through time and its causes, before considering the promise and the limitations of a wide range of energy technologies for decreasing carbon dioxide emissions.
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