The Story of Upfront Carbon : How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis

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The Story of Upfront Carbon : How a Life of Just Enough Offers a Way Out of the Climate Crisis

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 192 p.
  • 言語 ENG
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Full Description

When you look at the world through the lens of upfront carbon, everything changes

The astonishing upfront carbon of everyday objects from coffee cups to heat pumps, and why electric bikes, not electric cars, are the answer.

Think that buying an electric car or switching to a heat pump is going to save the planet? Think again.

"Upfront carbon" refers to all emissions involved in making your car, your home, or any other item. These invisible embodied carbon emissions matter a lot. As we weed out fossils fuels and incorporate more renewables into our energy supply, upfront carbon becomes increasingly dominant compared to operating emissions, yet it is often ignored.

By focusing on consumption rather than production, The Story of Upfront Carbon covers:

Why we are fixated on energy efficiency, not carbon, and why this needs to change
Why carbon calculations are so fiendishly difficult
How the simple idea of sufficiency for individuals and whole economies is a powerful strategy to avert looming climate catastrophe
How big-picture thinking and a systemic approach to production can help guide the transition to degrowth and an equitable, zero-carbon society.

Leavened with wit and packed with concrete strategies for minimizing the ecological footprint of transportation, agriculture, consumer goods, the built environment, and more, this highly readable and accessible guide is required reading for a world on the brink.

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. The Lens of Upfront Carbon

What Are Upfront Carbon Emissions and Why Are They Important?

Why We Are Fixated on Energy, Not Carbon

Carbon Takes Command

The IPCC Does Not Say We're Doomed

OK Doomer

The Building Industry and Upfront Carbon

The Carbon Footprint of Everything

The Unbearable Heaviness of Carbon

Transparency from Shoes to Motorcycles

The Future We Want: Supply vs Demand

Dematerialization and Degrowth

Enjoy the Ride with Demand-Side Mitigation

Why Sufficiency Is the Solution

2. Strategies for Sufficiency

Materiality: Build Out of Sunshine

Ephemerality

Frugality

Simplicity

Flexibility

Circularity

Universality

Resiliency

Satiety or Enoughness

Electricity

Intermittency

Operating Efficiency

Design Efficiency

Inequality, Inequity, and Justice

3. Stuff

The Single-Use Coffee Cup

From the Two-by-Four to Mass Timber to a Block of Flats

The Block of Flats

The Folly of Foam Insulation

The Heat Pump

The Puffer Jacket

The Hamburger

The Car

The E-Cargo Bike

4. Everything Connects

A Prosperous Ascent

Conclusion

Appendix A: Cheat Sheet: A Short Guide to Sufficiency

Notes

Index

About the Author

About New Society Publishers