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Introduction to Low Temperature Differential Stirling Engines
by James R. Senft

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Oil on the Brain: Petroleum's Long, Strange Trip to Your Tank
by Lisa Margonelli

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Do It Yourself Guide to Biodiesel: Your Alternative Fuel Solution for Saving Money, Reducing Oil Dependency, Helping the Planet
by Guy Purcella

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Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak
by Kenneth S. Deffeyes

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“This book explains both why the decline of our most precious fuel is inevitable and how challenging it will be to cope with what comes next.”—Richard E. Smalley, University Professor, Rice University, and 1996 Nobel laureate  With... (read more)
 
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Engines

The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins
by C Lyle Cummins

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In The Diesel Odyssey Lyle Cummins follows his other highly recommended books, Internal Fire and Diesel's Engine, with this revealing account of this father's personal, technical and business life. He uses the same documented and readable style that has... (read more)
 
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Sustainable Nuclear Power (Sustainable World)
by Galen J. (edt) Suppes

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Sustainable Nuclear Power provides non-nuclear engineers, scientists and energy planners with the necessary information to understand and utilize the major advances in the field. The book demonstrates that nuclear fission technology has the abundance and... (read more)
 
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The Attic

Petroleum Investment Policies in Developing Countries
by Nickya Beredjick

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Twelve chapters cover a wide variety of topics, including finance, contracts, political risk insurance, legal issues, economics, and technical cooperation. All treatment of these subjects focuses on conditions expected to exist in the mid 1990s. No... (read more)
 
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Steam Engineering

Evolution of the Heat Engine
by Ivo Kolin

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The Evolution of the Heat Engine traces the development of the thermal machines of the present to their origins in the past. The story is told in this volume through superb drawings and idagrams. The illustrations are all the original work of the author... (read more)
 
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Solar Power Your Home for Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))
by Rik Degunther

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Features the ten best solar investments Make your home energy efficient and put solar power to work for you! Want to take advantage of solar power? This friendly, hands-on guide takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows you how to do... (read more)
 
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Alternative Energy Demystified (Demystified)
by Stan Gibilisco

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Steam Engineering

Introduction to Stirling Engines
by James R. Senft

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An Introduction to Stirling Engines covers the subject of hot air engines and their modern counterparts from the beginning. The book starts with the elementary ideas that underly all heat engines and builds up to clear explanations of how all Stirling... (read more)
 
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Miniature Ringbom Engines
by James R. Senft

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The book Miniature Ringbom Engines is a practial introduction to a whole new branch of Stirling engine technology. The Ringbom engine is a hot air engine with a normal crank-coupled piston but with a displacer free of any mechanical linkage. The... (read more)
 
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How to Convert Wood into Charcoal and Electricity
by Richard H. Buxton

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If you put wood into a pipe and heat it, gas, tar and water vapor will be driven off. You can pipe this gas around into the fire that is heating the pipe. When the whole unit cools, you can extract high grade charcoal. And we're talking about charcoal... (read more)
 
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home
by Dan Ramsey and David Hughes

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