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OverviewWith the Framework Convention on Climate Change, action to prevent possible global warming is on the agenda. But the obtacles appear daunting. Peter Read argues that the problem can be tackled, however, at a much more affordable cost than commonly realized, and in ways likely both to provide incentives to energy corporations and to improve the development prospects of many countries in the South. The key lies in a multi-disciplinary policy perspective that integrates engineering, economics and decision theory. The author's highly innovative argument proposes a novel Tradeable Absorption Obligation to wean energy corporations onto sustainable fuel coupled with deploying recent biomass energy technology advances - notable new methods of intensive fuelwood production, gas turbine power generation and ethanol fermentation. This strategy opens up the prospect of controlling the level of the main global warming gas not simply by lowering CO2 emissions but by radically increasing CO2 absorption. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter ReadPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Zed Books Ltd Edition: illustrated edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9781856491624ISBN 10: 1856491625 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 01 March 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Glossary Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Fragile Climate System 3. Political Decisions in an Uncertain World 4. Sustainable Fuel Technology 5. Economic Theory and the Environment 6. The Economics of Pollution Policy 7. The Economics of Controlling Greenhouse Gas Levels 8. National interests 9. The Road from Rio 10. A Summing Up Appendix: The New Zealand Case IndexReviews'This imaginative and challenging book points towards a key strategy in global efforts to limit global warming - one which links energy and forestry, North and South. It should be read closely by anyone concerned with how the world can start to address the challenge of climate change.' - Dr Michael Grubb, Royal Institute of International Affairs and author of The Greenhouse Effect: Negotiating Targets 'Although Peter Read may be overly optimistic with respect to the potential for biomass fuels, his book is stimulating, provocative and witty'. - Alan S Manne, Professor Emeritus of Operations Research, Stanford University, and co-author of Buying Greenhouse Insurance: The Economic Costs of CO2 Emission Limits 'A skilled attempt at fashioning policy and a deep foundation for thinking on the subject. Reading it is an enduring investment in policy issues that are going to be with us for a long time to come'. - Thomas C Schelling, Lucius N Littauer Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University, Emeritus Author InformationDr. Peter Read is a Cambridge and LSE-educated engineer and economist who now specialises in energy economics at Massey University, New Zealand. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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