There is growing awareness of the serious problems associated with the provision of sufficient energy to meet human needs to fuel economic growth worlwide. Current energy production and usage patterns rely heavily on combustion of fossil fuels, a key factor in the increase in carbon dioxide concentrations in the earth's atmosphere that contribute to global warming. The improvement of energy efficiency is generally regarded as the most important means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the negative impacts of the use of energy and/or fossil fuels. This volume examines these issues.
- ISBN10 9211044774
- ISBN13 9789211044775
- Publish Date 1 January 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 September 2016
- Publish Country US
- Imprint United Nations
- Format Paperback
- Pages 107
- Language English