Alternative energy / edited by Paul McCaffrey
- Bib ID:
- 4672276
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- New York : The H. W. Wilson, 2008
- viii, 198 pages ; 26 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780824210809
- Series:
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- Reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 3.
- U.S. national debate topic ; 2008/2009.
- Full contents:
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- I Fossil fools? Climate change, traditional energy sources, and their drawbacks Carbon's new math / Bill McKibben
- The politics of global warming / Thomas Sieger Derr
- Can the United States shed its oil addiction? / Josef Braml
- The geopolitics of natural gas / Michael T. Klare
- Old king coal comes back / Jeremy Main
- It's scary, it's expensive, it could save the earth / Charles Petit
- II Good bye to gasoline? Ethanol and biodiesel Is ethanol the answer? / Marianne Lavelle and Bret Schulte
- The price of biofuels / David Rotman
- Fuel for thought / Frances Cerra Whittelsey
- Biodiesel: homegrown oil / Greg Pahl
- III The sun and the wind: renewable twins? Catching the wind / Jim Motavalli
- New and improved wind power / Greg Pahl
- Solar is the solution / Steve Heckeroth
- Reaching for rays / Aimee Cunningham
- IV The hydrogen revolution: is it feasible? The hope for hydrogen / Joan Ogden and Daniel Sperling
- Fueling U.S. transportation / Michael K. Heiman and Barry D. Solomon
- Beyond batteries / by Carol Potera
- V Hydroelectric and wave power: viable alternatives? Hydroelectric power / William Arthur Atkins
- Ending a dammed nuisance / The Economist
- Homestead hydropower / Steve Maxwell
- Blue power / David C. Holzman
- Wave master / Stuart Nathan
- VI Geothermal energy Geothermal energy, power from the underground / James Yearling
- Deep heat / Caroline Williams
- Geothermal technology / Scott Calahan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-196) and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- McCaffrey, Paul, 1977-
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