Kicking The Carbon Habit.Kicking The Carbon Habit William Sweet
University of Columbia Press 61 West 62nd Street, NY, NY 10023-7015 www.columbiaedu/cu/cup 0231137109 $27.95 1-800-944-8648 Kicking The Carbon Habit: Global Warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. And The Case Of Renewable And Nuclear Energy doesn't adopt the usual focus on cutting oil consumption: instead it focuses on reducing coal use. Coal-fired plants produce over half of the electricity in the US, accounting for some 40 percent of the country's greenhouse gasses. Sweet doesn't advocate a singular path of change another unusual feature but proposes a mix of environmentally sound technologies from wind power to nuclear reactors List of nuclear reactors is a comprehensive annotated list of all the nuclear reactors of the world, sorted by country. This list excludes nuclear marine propulsion reactors, except those at land installations, and . . Chapters survey not just techniques but political pros and cons pros and cons Noun, pl the advantages and disadvantages of a situation [Latin pro for + con(tra) against] , social effects, and environmental impact. |
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