The Green Paradox: A Supply-Side Approach to Global Warming

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Index Abatement cost, 70–75, 79, 80 Abatement goal, 70, 79, 82 Afforestation, 87, 184, 227, 228 Agriculture, 9, 29, 91, 97, 110, 114–119, 122 Ahmadinejad, M., 12, 129 Alaska, 24, 231 Algeria, 179 al-Qaeda, 179 Altruism, 164, 165, 171, 178, 214 Amazon basin, 91 Amazon rainforest, 26, 101 Antarctica, 12, 17–20, 25 Anthracite, 56, 57, 65, 68, 71, 131, 202 Archer, D., 152, 154 Arctic, 24, 25, 29, 31 Argentina, 49, 111, 123 Armenia, 49 Arrhenius, S., 34 Arrow, K., 163 Assigned Amount Unit (AAU), 78, 83 Australia, 3, 29, 35–39, 46, 66, 144, 179, 180, 210 Austria, 39, 44–50, 80, 127 Automobile industry, 93 Backstop technology, 137, 176, 177, 193, 204 Bahrain, 115, 164 Bangladesh, 30, 49, 114, 156 Bantges, R., 22 Barroso, J., 129 Belarus, 49, 89 Belgium, 39, 49, 50, 62–64, 88 Benestad, R., 16 Berlin Mandate, 35 Biodiesel, 11, 90–94, 98, 101–104, 107–110, 116, 126, 127, 143 Bioenergy, 33, 41, 70, 85–97, 100, 103–107, 117–123, 232, 233 Biofuels, 11, 12, 46, 71, 72, 91–93, 96–111, 116, 120–123, 139, 140, 142, 177, 187, 206, 227, 228, 232 Biomass, 7, 8, 13, 21–24, 42–48, 55, 85–88, 91–96, 100, 102, 107, 110, 119, 126, 151–153, 177, 184, 228 Biomass-to-Liquid (BtL), 99, 100, 103, 106, 110, 177 Blair, T., 33 Bölkow, L., 64 Bonds, government, 182, 190 Böni, H., 97 Born, H., 107, 109 BP, 46, 109, 157 Bradley, R., 16, 17 Brazil, 37, 39, 46–49, 90–93, 97, 98, 101, 102, 116, 144, 148, 161, 228 Brill, U., 71 Brindley, H., 22 Brovkin, V., 152, 154 Bulgaria, 49, 80 Burden sharing, 34–37, 221 Burkina Faso, 114 Business-as-usual (BAU) scenario, 26–28, 31, 57, 155, 156, 229 262 Index Calcination, 12 Calcium carbonate, 8, 12 California, 11, 14, 29, 78 Cameroon, 114 Campbell, C., 158 Canada, 8, 26, 30, 37–39, 46–49, 66, 99, 144, 149, 158, 210 Cap-and-trade system, 13, 74, 134, 146, 186, 198, 199, 210, 227, 233 Capitalism, 163 Carbohydrates, 1, 85, 94, 113 Carboniferous period, 23, 24, 148 Carbo-V process, 100 Carter, J., 125 Castor, 60 Cayman Islands, 219 Cement, 12, 13, 76, 229 Central planning, 73, 211, 212 Chapin, F. S., III, 152 Chávez, H., 12, 129, 179, 180 Chernobyl, 50–52 China, 13, 29, 35–40, 45–49, 65, 66, 69, 144, 161, 180, 200, 210, 211, 214 Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), 9–11, 44 Climate conferences, 33, 34, 188 Climate research, 3, 18, 21, 22, 34, 229 Climate summits, 35, 210, 211, 215, 216 Coal, 1, 6, 12, 16, 23, 40–43, 53–61, 64–68, 71, 76, 81, 86, 93, 100, 118–121, 126, 127, 130–132, 149–151, 157, 179–182, 186–191, 202–204, 232, 233 brown, 55–57, 66, 191, 202 hard, 65–68, 100, 181, 190, 191 Coal barons, 188, 232, 233 Coal-fired power plants, 40, 43, 56, 60, 61, 64, 71, 76, 81, 126, 131, 186 Coase Theorem, 75 Cogeneration, 139 Colombia, 46 Combined heat and power, 90, 126 Communism, 38, 40, 66, 163 Condensing boiler, 43, 126, 138, 139 Consumer cartel, 146, 209–213, 231 Copenhagen, 33, 210 Corn, 88–91, 97, 98, 104, 108–113, 188 Croatia, 228 Crutzen, P., 98 Cyprus, 36, 64, 80 Czech Republic, 39, 49, 80 Davidson, O., 150 Debreu, G., 163 Deforestation, 155, 229 Demand curve, 134–142, 145, 161, 177, 192, 193, 197–200, 204, 223 Demand policy, 194, 195, 209 Demand-reducing policy, 144, 195–198 Democracy, 115, 178, 231 Democratic policy, 73, 165, 209, 212 Denmark, 39, 46, 64, 80–84, 127 Deserts, 4, 21, 29, 45, 64, 65, 72, 123, 157, 183, 227 Developing countries, 27, 103, 106, 113, 117, 214 Dome C, 18 Dubai, 212 Economic growth, 27, 77, 86, 119, 123, 161, 200, 210, 230 Economic theory, 214, 215 Ecotax, 147 Eem Interglacial period, 2, 18–21, 24, 30, 183 Egypt, 3, 49, 113–115 Electricity generation, 43, 44, 71, 76, 81, 82 Emerging economies, 38, 39, 47, 88, 114, 161, 210, 211, 214 Emission certificates, 74–78, 81–84, 134, 186, 198–200, 209–212, 215, 216, 220 Emission rights, 74–76, 82, 83, 146 Index 263 Emissions trading, 72–76, 79–84, 93, 129, 140, 150, 188, 198–200, 209–212, 231 Energy bio-. See Bioenergy consumption...