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Will sustainability fly? : aviation fuel options in a low-carbon world /

"While international negotiations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been less than satisfactory, there is a presumption that a significant level of multi-lateral commitment will be realized at some point. International air and marine travel have been left to one side in past talks b...

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Основен автор: Palmer, Walter J., 1948- (Author)
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate Publishing Company, [2015]
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Онлайн достъп: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Подобни документи: Print version:: Will sustainability fly? : aviation fuel options in a low-carbon world.
Съдържание:
  • The size of the problem
  • Aviation's energy predicament : reducing the wingprint
  • Aviation's energy predicament : no fuel like an old fuel
  • Jet fuel : one of alternative energy's orphans
  • Policy : background
  • Understanding sustainability
  • What do we owe the future (and how much shall we pay)?
  • Closing the circle
  • Measuring sustainability
  • Sustainability assessment and certification : who should do it?
  • Policy development
  • The machinery of policy development
  • Policy strategy : support
  • Discussion of current attitudes and efforts
  • Conclusion : there is no such thing as "business as usual."