Driving climate change : cutting carbon from transportation /

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing global society. The debate over what to do is confounded by the uncertain relationship between increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, and the impact of those changes on nature and human civilization. This book will provide prof...

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Corporate Authors: ScienceDirect (Online service), Asilomar Conference on Transportation and Energy
Other Authors: Sperling, Daniel, Cannon, James Spencer, 1949-
Format: Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2007.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing global society. The debate over what to do is confounded by the uncertain relationship between increasing greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, and the impact of those changes on nature and human civilization. This book will provide professionals and students alike with the latest information regarding greenhouse emissions while presenting the most up-to-date techniques for reducing these emissions. It will investigate three broad strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions: 1) reducing motorized travel, 2) shifting to less energy intensive modes, and 3) changing fuel and propulsion technologies. Findings will be presented by the leaders in the field with contributions from professors, researchers, consultants and engineers at the most prominent institutions - commercial, academic and federal - dealing with environmental research and policy. * Includes a comprehensive evaluation of current industrial practice * Provides technologically sound and manageable techniques for engineers, scientists and designers * Incorporates guidelines for a sustainable future.
Item Description:Chapters based on presentations and discussions at the Tenth Biennial Asilomar Conference on Transportation and Energy, August 23-26, 2005, in Pacific Grove, California.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 295 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0080464688
9780080464688