The decarbonization delusion : what 3.5 billion years of biological sustainability can teach us /

"We take carbon for granted so much that we rarely consider how carbon's amazing properties lead to its ubiquity in the energy and fabric of life and human civilization. And yet we are now trying to decarbonize. This book gives an overview and analysis of some of the most pressing challeng...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moore, Andrew (Science writer) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Carbon dioxide mitigation. Atmospheric carbon dioxide. Renewable energy sources. Sustainability. Gaz carbonique > Réduction. Gaz carbonique atmosphérique. Énergies renouvelables. Durabilité de l'environnement. Economics. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS. Environmental Conservation & Protection. NATURE. Natural Resources. Geology. Earth Sciences. SCIENCE. Taxonomy. Life Sciences. Atmospheric carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide mitigation Renewable energy sources Sustainability The environment. Environment and Ecology. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

What carbon "does" in the universe : from the first stars to life on Earth
The carbon economy of nutrition and food production : getting out of control in most respects
Sources and sinks : where carbon compounds accumulate on Earth, and what they do there
Fuels, efficiency, and emissions : understanding carbon-based energy-carriers in the larger picture of sustainability
The call to "decarbonize" : public perception, hard-to-abate carbon-positives and hard-to-achieve carbon-negatives
Decarbonizing the car : trading off CO2 against larger environmental problems?
A carbonaceous, biology-inspired recipe for sensible and environmentally-conscious energy economies.