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No miracles needed : how today's technology can save our climate and clean our air / Mark Z. Jacobson.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: xvi, 437 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1009249541
  • 9781009249546
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • TJ808 .J33 2023
Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- What problems are we trying to solve? -- WWS solutions for electricity generation -- WWS solutions for electricity storage -- WWS solutions for transportation -- WWS solutions for buildings -- WWS solutions for industry -- Solutions for non-energy emissions -- What doesn't work -- Electricity grids -- Photovoltaics and solar radiation -- Onshore and offshore wind energy -- Steps in developing 100 percent WWS roadmap -- Keeping the grid stable with 100 percent WWS -- Timeline and policies needed to transition -- My journey.
Summary: "This book describes how to solve the climate, air pollution, and energy security crises facing the world by using existing technologies. Written for everyone, it advises individuals, communities, and nations on what they can do to solve these problems, including the economic, health, climate, and land benefits of the solutions"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks TJ808 .J33 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001510964

"Foreword by Bill McKibben"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-412) and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- What problems are we trying to solve? -- WWS solutions for electricity generation -- WWS solutions for electricity storage -- WWS solutions for transportation -- WWS solutions for buildings -- WWS solutions for industry -- Solutions for non-energy emissions -- What doesn't work -- Electricity grids -- Photovoltaics and solar radiation -- Onshore and offshore wind energy -- Steps in developing 100 percent WWS roadmap -- Keeping the grid stable with 100 percent WWS -- Timeline and policies needed to transition -- My journey.

"This book describes how to solve the climate, air pollution, and energy security crises facing the world by using existing technologies. Written for everyone, it advises individuals, communities, and nations on what they can do to solve these problems, including the economic, health, climate, and land benefits of the solutions"-- Provided by publisher.

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