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Greenhouse warning. A rationale for nuclear power? (draft)

AuteurRocky Mountain Institute, Keeping, Kats
6-01-2-16-02.pdf
Datum1988
Classificatie 6.01.2.16/02 (KE & BROEIKAS - WEL/NIET OPLOSSING + SCENARIO'S)
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GREENHOUSE WARMING: A RATIONALE FOR NUCLEAR POWER?
BILL KEEPIN
GREGORY KATS

1. Introduction

Scientists have long recognized that small changes in the chemical composition 
of the Earth's atmosphere could result in potentially serious global climate 
variations. Most familiar is the possible climatic warming that could result 
from the so-called "greenhouse" effect associated with increased concentrations 
of carbon dioxide (C02). Certain trace gases in the earth's atmosphere, such as 
CO2 absorb in the infrared wavelength region, and thus trap part of the earth's 
infrared radiation that would otherwise be radiated into space. This means that
incoming solar energy is partially retained, causing the earth's temperature to 
rise -- hence the term "greenhouse" effect.(1) The effect was first identified 
over a century ago, and the earliest analytical work was done in 1896 by Svante 
Arrhenius, who estimated that a doubled concentration of CO2 would lead to a 
4-6 degree [Celsius] rise in the Earth's surface temperature. (2)