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The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin Publisher Comments A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prizeandndash;winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change... (read more) List Price $37.95 Your price: $26.00 Used - Hardcover 
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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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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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Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives by Edwin Black Publisher Comments Internal Combustion is the compelling tale of corruption and manipulation that subjected the United States and the world to an oil addiction that could have been avoided, that was never necessary, and that could be ended not in ten years, not in five... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate by Jeff Goodell Publisher Comments When Jeff Goodell first encountered the term geoengineering, he had a vague sense that it involved outlandish schemes to counteract global warming. As a journalist, he was deeply skeptical. But he was also intrigued. The planet was in trouble. Could... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Forbidden Fuel: A History of Power Alcohol by Hal Bernton Publisher Comments The Forbidden Fuel is the definitive history of alcohol fuel, describing in colorful detail the emergence of alcohol fuel in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the political and economic forces behind its popularity, opposition, and eventual... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by Bryan Mealer and 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, and a place where hope and opportunity were hard to find. But William had read about windmills in a book... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Renewable Energy by Godfrey Boyle Publisher Comments Stimulated by recent technological developments and increasing concern over the sustainability and environmental impact of conventional fuel usage, the prospect of producing clean, sustainable power in substantial quantities from renewable energy sources... (read more) List Price $84.95 Your price: $40.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Confronting Collapse: The Crisis of Energy and Money in a Post Peak Oil World: A 25-Point Program for Action by Michael C. Ruppert Publisher Comments The book that inspired the movie COLLAPSE.The world is running short of energy-especially cheap, easy-to-find oil. Shortages, along with resulting price increases, threaten industrialized civilization, the global economy, and our entire way of life.In... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Recovering a Lost River: Removing Dams, Rewilding Salmon, Revitalizing Communities by Steven Hawley Publisher Comments In the Pacific Northwest, the Snake River and its wilderness tributaries were—as recently as a half century ago—some of the world’s greatest salmon rivers. Now, due to four federal dams, the salmon population has dropped close to... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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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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Blackout: Coal, Climate and the Last Energy Crisis by Richard Heinberg Publisher Comments "Blackout is an important and timely book. In the form of this compact volume, one of the best and most productive peak oil authors working today has turned his customary scholarhsip, wisdom, wit and writing prowess to some of the most ciritical issues... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Energy Independence: Your Everyday Guide to Reducing Fuel Consumption by Christine Woodside Publisher Comments Fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—make up 90 percent of the world’s energy sources. They provoke wars, make us ill, and endanger the planet. They’re running out—and, in case you haven’t noticed, they cost a lot... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $12.95 Sale - 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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Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America by Susan J Marks Publisher Comments An objective look at America's rapidly shrinking water supply Once believed to be a problem limited to America's southwest, water shortages are now an issue coast to coast, from New England to California. In Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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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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Atomic Awakening: A New Look at the History and Future of Nuclear Power by James Mahaffey Publisher Comments The American public's introduction to nuclear technology was manifested in destruction and death. With Hiroshima and the Cold War still ringing in our ears, our perception of all things nuclear is seen through the lens of weapons development. Nuclear... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Powering the Future: How We Will (Eventually) Solve the Energy Crisis and Fuel the Civilization of Tomorrow by Robert B Laughlin Publisher Comments In Powering the Future, Nobel laureate Robert B. Laughlin transports us two centuries into the future, when we’ve ceased to use carbon from the ground—either because humans have banned carbon burning or because fuel has simply run out. Boldly,... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Biodiesel Power: The Passion, the People, and the Politics of the Next Renewable Fuel by Lyle Estill Publisher Comments Whether we are nearing the end of oil or merely nearing the end of inexpensiveoil, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to find alternative ways to meet our energy needs. Biodiesel is one such alternative-and is one of the fastest-growing... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World by Paul Roberts Publisher Comments A frank and balanced investigation of the economics and politics of oil—and a forward-looking assessment of a world without it. Within thirty years, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned our way through most of the oil that... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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