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082			_a363.738 _bMOO
100			_aMoore, Andrew
245			_aThe decarbonization delusion : what 3.5 billion years of biological sustainability can teach us
260			_bOxford university press, _c2024 _aNew York :
300			_axvii,351 p. ; _bill., _c24 cm
365			_b235.00 _c₹ _d01
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aWe take carbon for granted so much that we rarely consider how carbon's amazing properties lead to its ubiquity in the energy and fabric of life and human civilization. And yet we are now trying to decarbonize. This book gives an overview and analysis of some of the most pressing challenges and considerations in the area of decarbonization of economies. It does so from the perspective of chemistry and biology, and comes to the conclusion that we are likely to do more environmental damage by breaking free from carbon than if we embrace the impressive capacity that carbon-based energy-carriers and materials have for creating circular economies with zero net CO2 emissions. Biology has done this sustainably for 3.5 billion years, and we must learn from that enormous lesson.
650			_aElectric vehicles
650			_aRenewable energy sources
650			_aCarbon dioxide mitigation
650			_aAnabolism
650			_aBiological metabolism
650			_aEnergy storage
650			_aPetroleum products consumption
650			_aCatabolism
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