What is a low carbon society?

Peake, Stephen (2012). What is a low carbon society? In: Herring, Horace ed. Living in a Low-Carbon Society in 2050. Energy, Climate and the Environment. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp. 15–27.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137264893_2

URL: http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=47...

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What would it be like to live in a low carbon world? Where our houses are heated not by gas, but by solar energy; where our cars run not on oil but on electricity; and where the countryside is empty of cows but full of new energy and food crops. Governments may talk about reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by eighty per cent by 2050, but any pursuit of significant change will require drastic changes in either our energy supply or our lifestyles, or preferably a combination of both. Combining theory, case studies and speculative fiction, a range of contributors, from leading UK academics to pioneering renewable activists, create a compelling picture of the potential perks and pitfalls of a low carbon future.

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