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Kicking the Carbon Habit Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy

By: William Sweet
256 pages, 18 b/w illus
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The effects of global warming are now a reality. Global warming played a major role in Hurricane Katrina, and its impact on agriculture and climate can jeopardize entire regional economic systems. Drawing on interviews with scientists and exploring the most up-to-date research, William Sweet examines what the United States can do to prevent further global warming. Rather than focusing on cutting oil consumption, which Sweet argues is expensive and not realistic, the United States should concentrate on drastically reducing its use of coal.

Explaining in more practical terms, Sweet asks readers whether they'd rather pay $6 to $8 per gallon for gasoline or shut down the country's 100 dirtiest coal-based power plants. Coal-fired plants, which currently produce more than half of the electricity in the United States, emit dangerous amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. Sweet explains how a mixture of more environmentally sound technologies - wind turbines, natural gas, and nuclear reactors - can effectively replace coal plants, and how dramatic improvements in technology have made nuclear power cleaner, safer, and more efficient.

Sweet cuts through the confusion and controversies that surround global warming, fossil fuels, and nuclear power. He offers portraits of scientists and explains the dramatic advances made by climate science. Sweet also addresses various political and economic issues associated with global warming, including the reality of reducing emissions from automobiles, the efficacy of taxing energy consumption, and the responsibility of the United States in reducing greenhouse gases.

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William Sweet is senior news editor at IEEE Spectrum, the flagship publication of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. His work has appeared in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and The Progressive.

By: William Sweet
256 pages, 18 b/w illus
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"His lively, clear reporting of both the science and politics of climate change [...] Make the book a pleasure to read."
– Doug Macdougall, The Chronicle Review

"Sweet knows what he is talking about [...] Kicking the Carbon Habit is a great place to kick-start the debate and cool down the rhetoric."
– William Tucker, Wall Street Journal

"Clearly written and very well-informed."
Future Survey

"A must-read for anyone who wants a good summary of our current understanding of global warming and the options before us."
– Andrew C. Kadak, Physics Today

"Sweet's book is a readable, compelling and hard-nosed analysis of this vast and complicated subject."
The Exeter Bulletin

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