Living in a low-carbon society in 2050 /
"What would it be like to live in a low carbon world? Where our houses are heated not by gas, but by solar energy; where our cars run not on oil but on electricity; and where the countryside is empty of cows but full of new energy and food crops. Governments may talk about reducing carbon dioxi...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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| Series: | Energy, climate, and the environment series.
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Table of Contents:
- List of tables and figures
- Series editor preface
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction / Horace Herring
- What is a low-carbon society? / Stephen Peake
- Low-carbon living in 2050 / Nicola Hole
- What is the carbon footprint of a decent life? / Angela Druckman and Tim Jackson
- Transport and mobility choices in 2050 / Stephen Potter
- A low-carbon transition / Neil Strachan and Timothy J. Foxon
- Case studies in low-carbon living / Robin Roy
- Designing and creating my low-carbon home / Catherine Mitchell
- Land use scenario 2050 / Grace Crabb and Adam Thorogood
- Zero-carbon Britain : time to say 'we will' / Tanya Hawkes
- Low-carbon society in Switzerland / Bastien Girod
- Little Greenham / James Goodman
- The housing ladder / Roger Levett
- The refugee / Tanya Hawkes
- The gun and the sun / Horace Herring
- Conclusion / Horace Herring
- Index.