Description |
1 online resource (210 p.) |
Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: The Climate and Energy Context -- Chapter 1 The UN Climate Process: How We Got to Decarbonization -- Chapter 2 The Orthodoxy: From Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Budgets to Decarbonization -- Chapter 3 Reality: The Grim Cost of Decarbonization -- Chapter 4 Before the Fall: Canadian Energy Developments from the Beginning of 2019 to March 2020 -- Chapter 5 Early 2020: The Advent of Covid-19 -- Chapter 6 The Descent to Glasgow -- Part Two: Reconsidering Climate Policy |
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Chapter 7 Covid-19 Sacrifice as Predicate for Decarbonization? -- Chapter 8 Reconsidering Decarbonization: Not a Hoax ... but Not an Apocalypse -- Chapter 9 Oh, Canada! -- Chapter 10 Hope and Realism -- Afterword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Index -- About the Author |
Summary |
Energy commentator Dennis McConaghy takes an in-depth look at the public policies surrounding decarbonization in Canada and the costs and sacrifices it will take to get to net zero. He then lays out a more balanced approach that maximizes global human welfare while still using hydrocarbons optimally |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781459750531 |
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1459750535 |
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