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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.) by William Kamkwamba Publisher Comments William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Superfuel: Thorium, the Green Energy Source for the Future by Richard Martin Publisher Comments A new solution to our global energy crisis may lie in a simple element few know -thorium At the dawn of the atomic age, uranium and thorium were equally important as the element of choice in researching nuclear energy. Either one could have... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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Harvest the Wind: America's Journey to Jobs, Energy Independence, and Climate Stability by Philip Warburg Publisher Comments Winds sweeping through the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Reinvent Elec Util, P by Ed Smeloff Publisher Comments Traditionally protected as monopolies, electric utilities are now being caught in the fervor for deregulation that is sweeping the country. Nearly forty states have enacted or are considering laws and regulations that will profoundly alter the way the... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank: The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel by Joshua Tickell Publisher Comments As pollution envelops the world's cities, temperatures on planet Earth rise, and once rich oil fields run dry, researchers scramble to find solutions to the impending transportation crisis. But the fuel of the future may be hidden in places nobody... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer (07 Edition) by Helen Calicott Publisher Comments The world-renowned antinuclear activist's "expertly argued" (The Guardian) case against nuclear energy. In a world torn apart by wars over oil, politicians have increasingly begun to look for alternative energy sources—and their leading choice is... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy by Seth Fletcher Publisher Comments Lithium batteries may hold the key to an environmentally sustainable, oil-independent future. From electric cars to a “smart” power grid that can actually store electricity, letting us harness the powers of the sun and the wind and use them... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy by Jay Inslee Publisher Comments In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited Americas Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Project is poised to revolutionize the production of energy and thereby save our planet. The nation that built... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Power to Save the World: The Truth about Nuclear Energy by Gwyneth Cravens Publisher Comments In this eye-opening work that is certain to spark debate and influence policy decisions that will affect generations to come, Cravens examines both sides of the controversial debate over nuclear energy, and seeks answers from a host of experts in... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on Earth by Jeremy Rifkin Publisher Comments The message of The Hydrogen Economy is resoundingly simple: The earth is depleting its oil reserves and even the most generous estimates show oil reserves peaking in about forty years. The specter of global warming and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy by William Sweet Publisher Comments Looks at the problem of global warming and suggests solutions based on renewable energy sources.... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $16.85 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Wind Power by Peter Musgrove Publisher Comments Climate change caused by burning fossil fuels and escalating fossil fuel prices make the further rapid development of renewable energy sources a global imperative. Energy provided by wind power, though no panacea, has the potential to make a substantial... (read more) List Price $38.00 Your price: $23.50 Short Discount Markdown - Trade Paper
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Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean Energy Economy by Jay Inslee and Bracken Hendricks Publisher Comments In 1961, President John F. Kennedy ignited America's Apollo Project and sparked a revolution in space exploration. Today the New Apollo Energy Project is poised to revolutionize the production of energy and thereby save our planet. The nation that built... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Energy Autonomy: The Economic, Social and Technological Case for Renewable Energy by Hermann Scheer Publisher Comments The new book from the internationally renowned author of The Solar Economy and A Solar Manifesto, and named one of Time Magazine's Heroes of the Green Century. For 200 years industrial civilization has relied on the combustion of abundant and cheap... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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Windfall: Wind Energy in America Today by Robert Righter Publisher Comments Not long ago, energy experts dismissed wind power as unreliable and capricious. Not anymore. The industry has arrived, and the spinning blades of this new kid on the electric power block offer hope for a partial solution to our energy problems by... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism (Our Sustainable Future) by Ozzie Zehner Publisher Comments We dont have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. And this book, which takes aim at cherished assumptions regarding energy, offers refreshingly straight talk about whats wrong with the way we think and talk about the problem. Though we... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet by Peter Hoffman Publisher Comments Hydrogen is the quintessential eco-fuel. This invisible, tasteless gas is the most abundant element in the universe. It is the basic building block and fuel of stars and an essential raw material in innumerable biological and chemical processes. As a... (read more) List Price $19.75 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How by S. David Freeman Publisher Comments An energy insider explains how the sun, wind, biomass, geothermal, and hydrogen resources can become the fuels that create a sustainable future for the planet, in a resource that provides definitive action plans for showing how to influence change.... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $8.87 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Apollo's Fire: Igniting America's Clean-Energy Economy by Jay Inslee Publisher Comments Looks at renewable energy policy and resources and argues that a reduction in greenhouse gases will increase economic growth and provide energy independence.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $24.06 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity by Thomas B Johansson Publisher Comments Overall performance, cost, market potential, and environmental impact are assessed for fuels and electricity derived from hydroelectric, wind, photovoltaics, solar-thermal, geothermal, ocean and biomass energy sources. In addition, practical and specific... (read more) List Price $110.00 Your price: $36.00 Used - Trade Paper
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