Ethics & Climate Change: The Greenhouse EffectWilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 1993 M08 19 - 199 pages Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how to respond: adaptation or avoidance. With adaptation we keep burning fossil fuels, let global temperatures rise and make whatever changes this requires: move people from environmentally damaged areas, build sea walls, etc. With avoidance we stop warming from occurring, either by reducing our use of fossil fuels or by using technology such as carbon dioxide recovery after combustion to block the warming effect. Yet each strategy has its drawbacks—adaptation may not be able to occur fast enough to accommodate the expected temperature increases, but avoidance would be prohibitively expensive. An ethically acceptable goal must involve some mixture of adaptation and avoidance. Written by a team of scientists, social scientists, humanists, legal and environmental scholars and corporate researchers, this book offers an ethical analysis of possible responses to the problem. Their analyses of the scientific and technological data and the ethical principles involved in determining whose interests should be considered point to a combination of adaptation and avoidance of greenhouse gas production. They offer assessments of personal, corporate, government and international responsibility and a series of recommendations to aid decision-makers in determining solutions and apportioning responsibility. |
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... Efficiency and Ethical Considerations 133 G. Cornelis van Kooten 9. Energy Efficiency at Home and Abroad Kerri R. Blair and William A. Ross 149 Conclusion 165 Thomas Hurka About the Authors Bibliography Index 171 175 187 This page ...
... Efficient Reduction of Greenhouse Gases 137 Table 1.1 The Main Greenhouse Gases 6.1 Carbon Dioxide 18 Emissions , 1990 109 9.1 Brief Descriptions of Energy Efficiency Options for the United States 154 9.2 Global Temperature Change Due ...
... efficiency , one will be able to provide the same goods and services at less cost and using less energy . Actions of this sort would be in the interests of people , would use less fossil ... energy - efficient equipment , then Introduction 9.
... energy - efficient products . With regard to ethical responsibilities to both future generations and the non - human environment , the authors maintain that energy efficiency ... energy is used more efficiently in both developed and ...
... energy efficiency in our country we can add similar claims about energy efficiency in other , especially developing , countries ( see Blair and Ross , " Energy Efficiency at Home and Abroad " in this volume ) . And fu- ture generations ...
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3 Religious Responsibility | 39 |
4 The ArcticA Canadian Case Study | 61 |
5 Personal Responsibility | 81 |
6 Corporate Responsibility | 99 |
7 International Responsibility | 115 |
Efficiency and Ethical Considerations | 133 |
9 Energy Efficiency at Home and Abroad | 149 |
Conclusion | 165 |
About the Authors | 171 |
Bibliography | 175 |
Index | 187 |
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