by James R. Senft  Publisher Comments An Introduction to Low temperature Differential Stirling Engines covers the latest new development in the field of Striling engines. This volume introduces the fascinating world of Stirling engines that can operate on very small temperature differnces... (read more) Your Price $13.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Guy Purcella Publisher Comments Containing the most current and complete information available for would-be biodiesel makers, Do-It-Yourself Guide to Biodiesel offers a step-by-step path from the initial desire to do something good for the environment to the final stage of filling the... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Lisa Margonelli Publisher Comments Oil on the Brain is a smart, surprisingly funny account of the oil industry: the people, economies, and pipelines that bring us petroleum, brilliantly illuminating a world we encounter every day. Americans buy ten thousand gallons of gasoline a second... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Scott Davis Publisher Comments Hydroelectricity is the world's largest-and cleanest-source of renewable -energy. But despite lively interest in renewables generally, there is an information vacuum about the smallest version of the technology dubbed "the simplest, most reliable and... (read more) Your Price $22.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by C Lyle Cummins Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $37.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Robert Pool Publisher Comments We have long recognized technology as a driving force behind much historical and cultural change. The invention of the printing press initiated the Reformation. The development of the compass ushered in the Age of Exploration and the discovery of the New... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your Price $8.40 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Nickya Beredjick Synopsis 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) Your Price $24.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by James R. Senft Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $12.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by William H. Kemp Publisher Comments Using vegetable oils as a fuel for home heating and transportation is a hundred years old: Rudolf Diesel's original engine was operated on plant oils due to the lack of fossil fuels. Later, plant and animal oils were converted into a petrodiesel, a... (read more) Your Price $29.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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by Kenneth S. Deffeyes Publisher Comments “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) List Price $14.00 Your Price $7.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston 
Publisher Comments <div><div><div><div>The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from it<br>This book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your Price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by David Sandalow Publisher Comments Widespread Acclaim forFreedom from Oil “When David Sandalow writes about energy and the environment, we should all pay close attention.”-Al Gore “Freedom from Oil is a compelling analysis of one of the great challenges of our time... (read more) Your Price $18.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Stephen D. Chastain Publisher Comments This book should probably be called “The Small Power Generation Bible” If you have any questions about small power generation then this is the book for you! Whether you want to build it or buy it, this book has all the essential details for... (read more) Your Price $34.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Joshua Tickell and Meghan Murphy and Claudia Graziano
Powells.com Staff Pick Tickell, an expert on biodiesel, explains how biodiesel is the best alternative to gasoline in today's age of peak oil. America, with its insatiable appetite for fast food, uses more vegetable oil for frying than any other nation. Why not turn that fat... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your Price $26.25 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by James R. Senft Publisher Comments 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) Your Price $17.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
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