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Sto caricando le informazioni... Klimat: Russia in the Age of Climate Changedi Thane Gustafson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Spoiler alert. Most striking to me was Russia's similarity to everywhere else: no coordinated planning, politically driven narratives, huge oil and gas subsidies, declining oil and gas fields, reliance on coal-fired electricity from antiquated plants (none built since 1991), lip-service vying with hype on renewables. Two-thirds of the country sits on destabilizing permafrost that will warp and topple huge amounts of infrastructure while burping unimaginable amounts of methane. Forests perched on top will gradually become fire hazards. One difference from U.S.: shale oil is not yet economic and foreign oil companies won't be investing soon with sanctions. Short-term warming may provide a boost for agriculture but not nearly enough to replace hydrocarbons for foreign exchange. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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"No major economy is more dependent on fossil fuel exports than Russia, yet it is unprepared for the global transition away from hydrocarbons. Thane Gustafson shows that as Russia's income shrinks, its economy will stagnate, even as global warming imposes growing costs on society. By mid-century its power will fade, reordering global politics"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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