Foreword 2Introduction 4Greenhouse gas emissions andcurrent climate change 24Scenarios of growth and emission reductions 52Peak Oil, Gas and Coal? 69Carbon capture and storage – 85 the nuclear fusion of the 2010s? The limits to nuclear 91 The hydrogen economy 93Biofuels 95Geoengineering – technological saviour 98or damaging distraction?How much can energy efciency really improve? 102Equity considerations 117If not the economics of global growth, then what? 118Getting an economy the right size for the planet Endnotes 125
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