Advancement for Sound Science Coalition, The (TASSC) 32–5
Advisory Council for Aeronautical Research 178
air traffic control 180
air transport
carbon emissions 173–7, 180, 187, 188
cause of global warming 173–4, 179
fuel taxation 175
passengers 177–8
personal freedom to fly 22, 172, 187–8
very high speed train 182–4
airships 185–6
alternative energy see renewable energy
Anderson, Kevin 185
APCO 31–3
armed forces 60
aviation see air transport; aircraft industry
Azar, Christian 51–2
Bangladesh 21
Bassendine, David 160
BBC 37
Beddington Zero Energy Development (BedZed) xvi, 70
Bellamy, David 24–5
biogas 122
biomass 119–20
Blair, Tony 22
Boyle, Godfrey xvi
Brazil 161
Brookes, Len see Khazzoom-Brookes Postulate
Brown and Williamson 34
building regulations 66–8
Building Research Establishment 66–7
Burke, Tom 97
see also coach transport
Bush, George W. 157
car ferries 185
car parking 194–5
car transport
car sharing 168–9
carbon emissions 146, 147, 155, 180
journey statistics 145–6, 147, 150
motorway capacity 150
and shopping 195
see also motor industry
carbon capture and storage
cement industry 199
power stations 84–9, 98–9, 129
carbon dioxide emissions
car transport 146, 147, 155, 180
costs of cutting 51–3
nuclear power 96–7
offset projects 210–12
positive feedback 10–11
rail transport 146, 147, 180, 184
road transport 146–7
trading schemes 46, 175–6, 188
cement industry 198–203
Civil Aviation Authority 177
climate change
costs of combating 49–52, 54, 56
political will to counteract 98, 203, 212–14
positive feedback 10–11
in temperate countries 22, 205
see also global warming
coal industry 55, 82–9, 129, 164
combined heat and power 131–4, 138
Competitive Enterprise Institute 25, 36, 38
Cooney, Phil 38–9
Cooper, Yvette 65
Crandall, Candace 26
crops
energy crops 118–20, 129, 157–61
Crutzen, Paul 13
Darling, Alistair 153
Doyle, Jack 98
see also water stress
Dunham, Chris 131
Ebell, Myron 38
Eisenhower, Dwight D. 94
electric cars 165
electrical appliances 73–6, 115–16, 127
electricity
generating costs 81, 110–13, 128–9
high voltage DC cables 104–5, 113
micro generation 124, 130–33, 139–41
storage 114
emissions see carbon dioxide emissions
energy
consumption 191
labelling 75–6
taxes 43–4
energy crops 118–20, 129, 157–61
Energy Research Centre 108
Energy Saving Trust 133
Energy Technology Support Unit (ETSU) 101–3, 120, 126–7
Environmental Audit Committee 176, 177, 178
Environmental Protection Agency 36, 38
ethical tourism 170–71
European Environment Agency 55
factories 191
Fleming, David 45
Food and Agriculture Organisation 6–7, 120–21
forestry
carbon offset projects 211
palm oil plantations 159–61
fossil fuels
carbon capture and storage 84–9, 98–9, 129
see also coal industry; natural gas; oil industry
Free Enterprise Action Institute 35
Free Enterprise Education Institute 35
Freedom to Fly Coalition 177
freight transport 189–91
Friends of the Earth 132, 159, 176
gas see natural gas
Geological Society 83
George C. Marshall Institute 29–30
George Mason University, Law and Economics Center 28, 37
geothermal energy 121
Gibbins, Jonathan 86
global warming
air travel as primary cause 173–4, 179
consequences 6–16
effects in temperate climates 22, 205
speculative technologies to counteract 206–9
two degree threshold 15–17, 41, 49
see also climate change
see also carbon dioxide emissions; methane
Greenpeace 124–5, 131–2, 139–40
ground-sourced heat pumps 121–2, 133, 193
Gulf Stream 11–12
heating systems
combined heat and power 131–4, 138
ground-sourced 121–2, 133, 193
for housing 117–23
for shops 191–2
heatwaves 9
high voltage direct current (DC) cables 104–5, 113
Hillman, Mayer ix, 45
Hirsch, Robert L. 57
home deliveries (shopping) 195–8
home working 167–8
housing
average temperatures 65
cement use in construction 198–9
energy efficiency 66–8
heating 117–23
insulation 65–6
rented property 73
Howard, John 39
hydrogen
production 134–9
use in aircraft industry 181–2
use in motor vehicles 161–5
ice sheets see glaciers
Indonesia 159–61
Inhofe, James 38
insulation 65–6
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
aviation industry 173, 177, 182
cost of human life 50
personnel change 39
International Association of Hydrogeologists 8
International Energy Agency 57, 83, 98, 106, 128, 140
International Rice Research Institute 7
Ireland, David 198
J. Sainsbury plc 194
Jenkins, Nick 98
Jevons, Stanley 61
Khazzoom-Brookes Postulate 61–2, 153
King, Sir David 40–41
Kyoto Protocol 16, 48, 82, 210
Latham, John 208
Lawson, Nigella 190–91
Leggett, Jeremy 125–6, 128, 129
Lomborg, Bjørn 49–51
Lovelock, James xix, 15
Luntz, Frank 27
Luxembourg 21–2
Malaysia 159–61
Meyer, Aubrey 45
micro generation of electricity 124, 130–33, 139–41
Motley, John Lothrop 209–10
motor industry
hydrogen fuel cells 161–5
new cars 155–7
motorways 149–51
Myers, Norman 55
National Academy of Engineering 134–5, 136–7, 162–5
National Academy of Sciences 5, 30
National Center for Atmospheric Research 11
National Oceanography Centre 12
natural gas
carbon emissions 82
distribution networks 136–7, 139
and hydrogen 164
prices 52
subsidies 55–6
supplies 83–4
nuclear energy 81, 90–97, 99, 129
nuclear waste 90–92
offices 191
offset projects, carbon dioxide emissions 210–12
oil industry
prices 164
subsidies 55
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine 29, 30
Oregon Petition 29–30
Oxford University, Environmental Change Institute 71–2, 74, 77, 78, 81, 108
palm oil 159–61
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology 83
Parry, Martin 6
passive smoking 36
Pearce, Fred 119
pedestrianisation 154
Permian period 13–14
petroleum see oil industry
Philip Morris 31–6
Phillips, Melanie 23
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact 16, 17
public transport 145, 147, 166–7
rail transport
carbon emissions 146, 147, 180, 184
high speed trains 182–4
Randol, A. G. 39
refrigeration 192–3
renewable energy 100–104, 107–9, 113, 116–17
see also biodiesel; biofuels; energy crops; solar power; tidal power; wave power; wind power
retail trade 189–98
Retallack, Simon 41
rice 7
Robinson, Arthur B. 29
Rocky Mountain Institute 156
Roddick, Anita 171
Royal Academy of Engineering 152
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution
aircraft industry 173, 178, 181–2
electricity storage 115
gas supplies 83
renewable energy 108–9, 118, 120–21
Royal Society 5
Schneider, Stephen 51–2
school transport 167
Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) 25–7, 28
Seitz, Frederick 28–30, 35–6, 38
SEPP (Science and Environmental Policy Project) 25–7, 28
Sharman, Hugh 110
Sheffield Hallam University 119
shipping 184–5
shopping 189–98
Singer, S. Fred 25–7, 28, 36, 37–8
Sloman, Lynn 166
smoking 31–6
solar heating 121
solar power 102, 105–6, 125–30, 193
speed of travel 149–51, 154–5, 182–4, 186
Spencer, Roy 5
Storkey, Alan 148–54
Strong, David 67–8
subsidies
fossil fuels 55–6
nuclear energy 92–4
Sustainable Aviation Group 171
Sustainable Development Commission 96
TASSC (The Advancement for Sound Science Coalition) 32–5
taxation
aviation fuel 175
cars 152
energy 43–4
oil and gas 56
taxi buses 166
teleworking 167–8
Teller, Edward 208
temperate countries, global warming in 22, 205
Tickell, Oliver 116
tidal power 101–2, 111–12, 129
tobacco industry 31–6
trains see rail transport
transport see carbon dioxide emissions; types of transport e.g. air, bus, coach, freight, rail, road, school
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
aviation industry 176, 178, 185
combined heat and power 126, 132
fuel cells 164
micro grids 140
solar power 126
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol 16, 48, 82, 210
University College London 9
uranium 95–6
‘walking buses’ 167
Warren, Andrew 66
Watson, Harlan 39
Watson, Robert 39
Waxman, Henry 55
WhisperGen generator 132–3
White House 38–9
wind power
micro turbines xvi, 130–31
wood burning 118–20
World Bank 104
World Glacier Monitoring Service 24–7
World Meteorological Organization 4
World Nuclear Association 96