Book description
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
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- CHAPTER 1: Introduction and Overview
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CHAPTER 2: Peaking of World Oil Production and Its Mitigation
- Peaking of World Conventional Oil Production
- Oil Reserves
- Projections of the Peaking of World Oil Production
- Previous Oil Supply Shortfalls and Disruptions
- Mitigation Options and Issues
- Three Mitigation Scenarios (1/2)
- Three Mitigation Scenarios (2/2)
- Wildcards in Oil Peak Predictions
- Conclusion
- References
- CHAPTER 3: Toward a Policy Agenda for Climate Change: Changing Technologies and Fuels and the Changing Value of Energy
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CHAPTER 4: Coordinated Policy Measures for Reducing the Fuel Use of the U.S. Light-Duty Vehicle Fleet
- Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Projections of LDV Fuel Use and GHG Emissions
- Policy Measures to Reduce GHG Emissions (1/2)
- Policy Measures to Reduce GHG Emissions (2/2)
- Rationales for Combinations of Policy Measures
- Development of a Sample Policy Package (1/2)
- Development of a Sample Policy Package (2/2)
- Conclusion
- References
- CHAPTER 5: Carbon Burdens from New Car Sales in the United States
- CHAPTER 6: Reducing Vehicle Emissions Through Cap-and-Trade Schemes
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CHAPTER 7: North American Feebate Analysis Model
- Analyzing Feebates in the North American Market
- Structure of the North American Feebate Analysis Model
- Canadian and U.S. Light-Duty Vehicle Markets
- Manufacturer and Consumer Decision Making
- Nature of Analysis and Major Assumptions
- Results (1/3)
- Results (2/3)
- Results (3/3)
- Conclusion
- Author’s Note
- References
- CHAPTER 8: Reducing Growth in Vehicle Miles Traveled: Can We Really Pull It Off?
- CHAPTER 9: International Comparison of Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Passenger Vehicles
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CHAPTER 10: Reducing Transport-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Developing Countries: The Role of the Global Environmental Facility
- Creation of Operational Program #11
- The First Years of the GEF Transportation Program: Hydrogen Fuel Cells
- Criticism of Fuel Cell Bus Effort
- Current GEF Transport Priorities
- NMT Projects Financed under the GEF
- The GEF and Bus Rapid Transit
- Other Areas for Future GEF Transport Sector Involvement (1/2)
- Other Areas for Future GEF Transport Sector Involvement (2/2)
- Conclusions
- References
- CHAPTER 11: What Multilateral Banks (and Other Donors) Can Do to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Latin America and the Caribbean
- CHAPTER 12: From Public Understanding to Public Policy: Public Views on Energy, Technology, and Climate Science in the United States
- CHAPTER 13: Narrative Self-Identity and Societal Goals: Automotive Fuel Economy and Global Warming Policy
- CHAPTER 14: Lost in Option Space: Risk Partitioning to Guide Climate and Energy Policy
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CHAPTER 15: Toward a Transportation Policy Agenda for Climate Change
- Crisis and Opportunity: Numbers, Needs, and the Not Particularly Rational Transportation Consumer
- The Regulatory Landscape for Transportation, Energy, and Climate Change
- The Promise of Integrated Transportation Solutions
- Conclusion: Toward a Policy Agenda for Climate Change
- Acknowledgments
- References
- APPENDIX A: About the Editors and Authors (1/2)
- APPENDIX A: About the Editors and Authors (2/2)
- APPENDIX B: Asilomar Attendee List: 2005 (1/2)
- APPENDIX B: Asilomar Attendee List: 2005 (2/2)
- Index (1/3)
- Index (2/3)
- Index (3/3)
Product information
- Title: Driving Climate Change
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2010
- Publisher(s): Academic Press
- ISBN: 9780080464688
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