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Greenhouse warning. A rationale for nuclear power? (draft)
Auteur | Rocky Mountain Institute, Keeping, Kats |
6-01-2-16-02.pdf | |
Datum | 1988 |
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)