| Description |
xx, 601 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Carbon ideologies ; volume 1 |
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Vollmann, William T.
Carbon ideologies ; v. 1.
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| Contents |
0. When we kept the lights on -- PRIMER -- What was the work for?. About waste ; About demand -- What was the work for? (continued). About power -- What was the work for? (continued) -- Carbon ideologies approached. About data ; About data suppression ; About disbelief -- "Consider it good fortune" -- Carbon ideologies defined. About carbon ; About agriculture ; About industrial chemicals ; The parable of adipic acid ; About manufacturing ; About transportation ; About power plants -- Power and climate. About solar energy ; About greenhouse gases ; About fuels -- NUCLEAR -- Nuclear ideology. About uranium ; About nuclear reactors -- 1. Lower than for real estate agents -- March 2011: When the wind blows from the South (Fukushima) -- February 2014: Harmful rumors (Fukushima) -- October 2014, with a Hanford Excursion in August 2015: the Red Zones (Hanford, Washington; Fukushima) -- Normalization on the rocks -- Postscript: Japan sees the light. |
| Summary |
The first volume in a timely series about climate change and energy generation focuses on the consequences of nuclear-power production through the events and aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011. |
| Subject |
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
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Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.
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Nuclear reactor accidents -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken.
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction.
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| Added Title |
Carbon ideologies : no immediate danger |
| ISBN |
9780399563492 (hardcover) |
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0399563490 (hardcover) |
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