Screen LibraryTwo billion cars：driving toward sustainability
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 304 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780195376647 (hardback : alk. paper) 0195376641 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | U469 |
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U469.79 X734.201 |
| Call Number: | U469.79/S749 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-291) and index. Surviving two billion cars -- Beyond the gas-guzzler monoculture -- Breaking Detroit's hold on energy and climate policy -- In search of low-carbon fuels -- Aligning big oil with the public interest -- The motivated consumer -- California's pioneering role -- Stimulating Chinese innovation -- Driving toward sustainability. "In Two Billion Cars, transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon provide a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global oil and auto industries. Promising advances in both transportation technology and fuel efficiency together with shifts in travel behavior, they suggest, offer us a realistic way out of our predicament."--BOOK JACKET. |