Green global warming

Reiss, Spencer and Peter Schwartz, "Nuclear Now How Clean, Green Atomic Energy Can Stop Global Warming," Wired, Volume 13, pp. 78-80, February 2005. 

Tt is conventional to include perfluorocarbons (fluorous phases) in this Ust. However, these have extremely high global warming potentials they are from 140-23,900 times more potent than CO2 in their abilities to trap heat in the atmosphere over a century. Moreover, they remain in the atmosphere almost indefinitely, and so will accumulate as long as they are used on a significant scale. We do not consider their use as a green option. 

B. Yandle, Bootleggers, Baptists, and Global Warming, in T. L. Anderson and H. I. Miller, eds., The Greening of U.S. Foreign Policy (Stanford Hoover Institution Press, 2000). 

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The downward slope of the curve indicates that demand increases as the price falls. However, this curve is shifted by certain factors such as taste of the customer. For instance, if the environmental imperative is legislated to the automobile manufacturer and the increasing desire to go green is present, then the demand will shift to the left. If the customer s awareness around global warming and environmental concerns manifests itself by a preference for a hybrid or electric vehicle over a 13-mpg, SUV, the market demand will shift as in Figure 1.4. 

In recent years there has been a growing awareness about global warming and its possible consequences. This naturally leads to the search for materials and processes which are environmentally friendly. While rubber products are essential to maintain the present quality of human life, a major part of the elastomer requirement is presently met by synthetic materials. In this context, an appreciation of the green credentials of natural rubber vis-a-vis its synthetic counterparts is highly desirable. 

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