"The Sisters Grey -- beautiful, deadly -- warriors sworn to protect the Kaiser, ruler of Mitteleuropa. But as a great war rages, the Kaiser is found dead, and one sister -- Giselle Grey -- is accused of his murder. Pursued by her enemies across the battlefields of Mitteleuropa, Giselle must unravel the prophecy of the Carbon Grey -- before history itself is rewritten"--Page 4 of cover.

In this THIRD and final volume of the hit series, Carbon Grey, thewar, which not long ago was everything, seems insignificant in the face of thestone's unimaginable destructive power. As the world unravels, twin sisters faceeach other in battle, mortal enemies unite, and the true meaning of Gottfaust'sprophecy is revealed.

Enter a world at war, one that resembles our WWI yet with fantastic dieselpunk technologies and supernatural mysteries that threaten the very fabric of space-time itself. This core rulebook provides all the information necessary to run a Carbon Grey Role-playing Game session, from character creation to combat and resolution. Bringing the celebrated, venerated, time-tested D6 System by pioneering game developer West End Games back with a wealth of new features for a new generation of gamers! The award-winning CARBON GREY team is led by ENnie and UKGE winner Andrew E.C. Gaska (AlienRPG, Terminator RPG). Building upon the system's proven mechanics, our "Magnetic Variant (D6MV)" will bring new excitement to the experience with fresh new rules and features for a new generation of game players.

Urbanization drastically alters the ecosystems structure and functions, disrupts cycling of C and other elements along with water. It alters the energy balance and influences climate at local, regional and global scales. In 2008, urban population exceeded the rural population. In 2050, 70% of the world population will live in urban centers. The number of megacities (10 million inhabitants) increased from three in 1975 to 19 in 2007, and is projected to be 27 in 2025. Rapid urbanization is altering the ecosystem C budget. Yet, urban ecosystems have a large C sink capacity in soils and biota. Judicious planning and effective management can enhance C pool in urban ecosystems, and off-set some of the anthropogenic emissions. Principal components with regards to C sequestration include home lawns and turfs, urban forests, green roofs, park and recreational/sports facilities and urban agriculture.

This stark look at prospects for a truly sustainable culture speaks frankly about how it is time to "Powerdown," or to reduce per-capita resource usage in wealthy countries, develop alternative energy sources, and much more.

Solar energy is a substantial global industry, one that has generated trade disputes among superpowers, threatened the solvency of large energy companies, and prompted serious reconsideration of electric utility regulation rooted in the 1930s. One of the biggest payoffs from solar’s success is not the clean inexpensive electricity it can produce, but the lessons it provides for innovation in other technologies needed to address climate change. Despite the large literature on solar, including analyses of increasingly detailed datasets, the question as to how solar became inexpensive and why it took so long still remains unanswered. Drawing on developments in the US, Japan, Germany, Australia, and China, this book provides a truly comprehensive and international explanation for how solar has become inexpensive. Understanding the reasons for solar’s success enables us to take full advantage of solar’s potential. It can also teach us how to support other low-carbon technologies with analogous properties, including small modular nuclear reactors and direct air capture. However, the urgency of addressing climate change means that a key challenge in applying the solar model is in finding ways to speed up innovation. Offering suggestions and policy recommendations for accelerated innovation is another key contribution of this book. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy technology and innovation, climate change and energy analysis and policy, as well as practitioners and policymakers working in the existing and emerging energy industries.

This book focuses on issues related to a suite of technologies known asCarbon Capture and Storage (CCS), which can be used to capture and store underground large amounts of industrial CO2 emissions. It addresses how CCS should work, as well as where, why, and how these technologies should be deployed, emphasizing the gaps to be filled in terms o

Over the last decade Charles Lindsay has been exploring the micro- and macrocosms of the universe through the most elemental components of photography: surface, emulsion, and light. The cameraless works in Carbon form a world unto themselves, referencing the essence of life--animal, vegetal, and mineral--on this planet, and imagining possible connections with intelligence systems known and unknown.

The supreme challenge of our time is tackling climate change. We urgently need to curtail our use of fossil fuels – but how can we do so in a just and feasible way? In this compelling book, leading economist James Boyce shows that the key to solving this conundrum is to put a limit on carbon emissions, thereby raising the price of fossil fuels and generating strong incentives for clean energy. But there is a formidable hurdle: how do we secure broad public support for a policy that increases fuel costs for consumers? Boyce powerfully argues that carbon pricing can be made just and politically durable only if linked to returning the revenue to the public as carbon dividends. Founded on the principle that the gifts of nature belong to us all, not to corporations or governments, this bold reform could spark a twenty-first-century clean energy revolution. Essential reading for all concerned citizens, policy-makers, and students of public policy and environmental economics, this book will be a transformative contribution to one of the most important policy debates of our era.