Kicking the carbon habit : global warming and the case for renewable and nuclear energy / William Sweet.

Author: Sweet, William.

Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, c2006.

ISBN: 0231137109 (acid-free paper) :
0231510373 (electronic)

Description: x, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject(s): Renewable energy sources.
Power resources.
Global warming.

Contents: Part I: Coal: A faustian bargain with payments -- Part II. Climate: The lockstep relationship between carbon dioxide and temperature --Part III. Choices: The low-carbon and zero-carbon technologies we can deploy right now.