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How to live a low-carbon life : the individual's guide to stopping climate change / Chris Goodall.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2007.Description: ix, 319 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781844074266 (pbk.)
  • 1844074269 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.738/7 22
LOC classification:
  • QC 981.8 G646h 2007
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Contents:
List of figures and tables -- Sources and units of measurement -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : Getting from 12 1/2 tonnes to 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person -- 1. The extraordinary cheapness of fossil fuels -- 2. The scope for government action -- 3. The inadequacy of alternative means of reducing emissions -- 4. No one else is doing much, so you'd better do something yourself -- 5. How our lives generate emissions and what we can do about it -- 6. Home heating -- 7. Water heating and cooking -- 8. Lighting -- 9. Household appliances -- 10. Car travel -- 11. Public transport -- 12. Air travel -- 13. Food -- 14. Other indirect sources of greenhouse gas emissions -- 15. Domestic use of renewable energy -- 16. Cancelling out emissions -- 17. Conclusions -- Afterword -- Appendix : Sources of the main averages -- Notes -- List of acronyms and abbreviations.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) QC 981.8 G646h 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000056761

Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-310) and index.

List of figures and tables -- Sources and units of measurement -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction : Getting from 12 1/2 tonnes to 3 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person -- 1. The extraordinary cheapness of fossil fuels -- 2. The scope for government action -- 3. The inadequacy of alternative means of reducing emissions -- 4. No one else is doing much, so you'd better do something yourself -- 5. How our lives generate emissions and what we can do about it -- 6. Home heating -- 7. Water heating and cooking -- 8. Lighting -- 9. Household appliances -- 10. Car travel -- 11. Public transport -- 12. Air travel -- 13. Food -- 14. Other indirect sources of greenhouse gas emissions -- 15. Domestic use of renewable energy -- 16. Cancelling out emissions -- 17. Conclusions -- Afterword -- Appendix : Sources of the main averages -- Notes -- List of acronyms and abbreviations.

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