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RECORD NUMBER: 313 OF 500| Main Title | Nothing to fear : a bright future for fossil fuels, the story of fossil fuels and climate change / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Dears, Donn. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Critical Thinking Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2015 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 941042288 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780981511924; 0981511929 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Fossil fuels ; Renewable energy sources ; Climatic changes | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 181 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Foreward -- Part One, The establishment takes aim -- 1. Rio -- 2. The IPCC -- 3. Creeping agreement by the U.S. -- 4. Why the CO2 hypothesis is wrong -- 5. Current status of CO2 emissions -- Part Two, Renewables -- 6. Wind Energy -- 7. Utility scale CSP & PV solar energy -- 8. PV rooftop solar energy -- 9. The utility death spiral -- 10. The inadequacy of biofuels -- 11. Role of taxpayer funded subsides -- Part Three, Reality -- 12. Carbon capture & sequestration -- 13. Waxman markey -- 14. Impossible objective -- 15. An alternative hypothesis -- Part Four, The miracle of fossil fuels -- 16. Tragic war on fossil fuels -- 17. Advantages of fossil fuels -- Remarkable availability of life-saving fossil fuels -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: PV rooftop investment return -- Appendix 2: Ultra-supercritical coal-fired plants -- Appendix 3: Decline of U.S. nuclear power. |