Can we delay a greenhouse warming? : the effectiveness and feasibility of options to slow a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere / Stephen Seidel and Dale Keyes
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- Can we delay a greenhouse warming? : the effectiveness and feasibility of options to slow a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere / Stephen Seidel and Dale Keyes
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The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Strategic Studies Staff Office of Policy and Resource Management published Can We Delay A Greenhouse Warming in September of 1983. This study aims to shed light on the global warming debate by shedding light on various strategies for slowing or limiting global warming, as this information is essential for scientific researchers, policymakers, and private sector decisionmakers, to work together to address this global issue. This study focuses on carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) primarily the result of our dependence on fossil fuels as an energy source. This study looks at policies that aim to reduce CO2 emissions to see whether they would be effective in delaying an increase in global temperatures over 120 years; as well as being evaluated on economic and political feasibility. This study uses three models to explore a range of possible assumptions about future energy demand and technologies, atmospheric responses, and policy alternatives. These three models include a world energy model to project future supply and demand for alternative fuels and to estimate CO2 emissions, a carbon cycle model to translate CO2 emissions into increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations, and an atmospheric temperature model to estimate changes in temperatures based on increases in greenhouse gas emissions.