No miracles needed : how today's technology can save our climate and clean our air / Mark Z. Jacobson.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: xvi, 437 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1009249541
- 9781009249546
- TJ808 .J33 2023
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| TJ808 .A454 2018 Renewables : the politics of a global energy transition / | TJ808 .A753 2013 Powering planet Earth : energy solutions for the future / | TJ808 .D44 2009 Alternative energy for dummies / | TJ808 .J33 2023 No miracles needed : how today's technology can save our climate and clean our air / | TJ808 .O26 2012 Sustainable energy roadmaps : guiding the global shift to domestic renewables / | TJ808 .P33 2014 The renaissance of renewable energy / | TJ808 .R36 2008 Energy for sustainability : technology, planning, policy / |
"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.