Carbon dioxide emission scenarios: Limitations of the fossil fuel resource

Procedia Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 206-215

  Vernon, Christopher ^a   Thompson, Erica ^b   Cornell, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand side; Emission scenario; Energy policy; EROI; Fossil fuels; Hubbert; SRES; Stabilization; Supply side

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY POLICY; EXTRACTION; FOSSIL FUEL DEPOSITS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; STABILIZATION;

DEMAND-SIDE; EMISSION SCENARIO; EROI; HUBBERT; SRES; SUPPLY SIDES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84857410981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18780296     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2011.05.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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