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Going Solar: Understanding and Using the Warmth in Sunlight
by Tomm Stanley  Publisher Comments Going Solar contains everything that a budding or experienced solar enthusiast could wish for. By distilling thousands of years of history and knowledge into one book, Tomm Stanley brings together the work of pioneering solar designers and some of the...
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The Solar Economy: Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Global Future
by Hermann Scheer Publisher Comments * A realistic vision of economic growth without fossil fuels* Maps the road to universal use of renewable energy* Author awarded Alternative Nobel PrizeA powerful and comprehensive account of how the global economy can and must replace its dependence on...
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Charging ahead :the business of renewable energy and what it means for America
by John Berger Book News Annotation Presents evidence that wind, solar, and geothermal energy resources in the US are more than ample to power all the electrical and transportation needs of the country. Argues that such sources combined with energy efficiency and electric vehicles can...
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Kicking the Carbon Habit: Global Warming and the Case for Renewable and Nuclear Energy
by William Sweet Publisher Comments With glaciers melting, oceans growing more acidic, species dying out, and catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina ever more probable, strong steps must be taken now to slow global warming. Further warming threatens entire regional economies and the...
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Energy Its Use & the Environment 3RD Edition
by Roger A Hinrichs Publisher Comments What is the impact of energy issues such as lobal warming, radioactive waste, municipal solid waste, and nuclear energy production materials on the individual and society? ENERGY: ITS USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT emphasizes the physical principles behind...
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The Hype about Hydrogen: Fact and Fiction in the Race to Save the Climate
by Joseph J. Romm Publisher Comments "Vital, very readable guidance for investors, environmentalists, and interested bystanders looking toward a future without fossil fuels." -BOOKLIST "It's hard to argue with the relentless logic...." -E/THE ENVIRONMENTAL MAGAZINE "Readers looking to...
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The Zero-Carbon Car: Building the Car the Auto Industry Can't Get Right
by William H. Kemp Publisher Comments The transportation sector, dominated by the personal automobile, is responsible for over one-fourth of North America's total energy consumption. Motor vehicles account for the overwhelming majority of harmful atmospheric emissions. In addition, rising...
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Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future
by Jeff Goodell Publisher Comments In the tradition of Rachel Carson and Eric Schlosser, the veteran journalist Jeff Goodell examines the danger behind President George W. Bush's recent assertion that coal is America's economic destiny. Despite a devastating, century-long legacy...
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Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America
by Sherry Boschert Publisher Comments A politically polarized America is coming together over a new kind of car-the plug-in hybrid that will save drivers money, reduce pollution, and increase US security by reducing dependence on imported oil. Plug-in Hybrids points out that, where hydrogen...
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SVO: Powering Your Vehicle with Straight Vegetable Oil
by Forest Gregg Publisher Comments The benefits of straight vegetable oil (SVO) as an alternate fuel for diesel engines are many. SVO is cheap, carbon-neutral, uses a waste product, and does not depend upon centralized corporate infrastructure. Authors Christopher Goodwin and Forest Gregg...
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Solartopia! Our Green-Powered Earth, A.D. 2030
by Harvey Wasserman Synopsis In the spirit of Brave New World and Ecotopia, Time Machine and Looking Backward, SOLARTOPIA! is a classic futuristic novel of the Earth in A.D. 2030, after a revolution in green energy has transformed the planet. Fast-moving and a breeze to read, this...
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Energy Revolution: Policies for a Sustainable Future
by Howard Geller Publisher Comments The transformation from a carbon-based world economy to one based on high efficiency and renewables is a necessary step if human society is to achieve sustainability. But while scientists and researchers have made significant advances in energy...
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Energy Switch: Proven Solutions for a Renewable Future
by Craig Morris Publisher Comments Declining oil supplies and the environmental impact of coal dictate a switch to renewable energy sources for a sustainable future. Written for a popular audience, Energy Switch details this momentous transition and proposes that the remaining non...
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Steering a New Course: Transportation, Energy, & the Environment
by Deborah Gordon Publisher Comments Steering a New Course offers a comprehensive survey and analysis of America's transportation system - how it contributes to our environmental problems and how we could make it safer, more efficient, and less costly....
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Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer: To Global Warming or Anything Else
by Helen Caldicott 
Publisher Comments In a world torn apart by wars over oil, many politicians are increasingly looking for alternative sources of energy — and their leading choice is often nuclear. Among the myths that have been spread over the years about nuclear-powered electricity...
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Turning Off the Heat: Why America Must Double Energy Efficiency to Save Money and Reduce Global Warming
by Thomas R Casten Publisher Comments Global warming, the result of increasing carbon dioxide emissions from energy producers and users, has become a danger to humans, threatening radical climate changes, severe storms, and ecological havoc. "Turning Off the Heat" targets a main source of...
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Energy-Environment Connection
by Jack M Hollander Publisher Comments Society currently faces critical and unprecedented decisions involving energy supply, use, and regulation. This book brings together leading scientists and policy analysts to provide the latest thinking on all aspects of the vital connection between...
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Who Owns the Sun?: People, Politics, and the Struggle for a Solar Economy
by Daniel M Berman Publisher Comments Narrated against a backdrop of diminishing fossil fuels, environmental degradation, avaricious corporations, and worldwide competition for natural resources, Who Owns the Sun? shows how existing solar technologies combined with local management present...
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Institute of Man and Resources an Environmental Fable
by Alan MacEachern Publisher Comments At the height of the oil crisis of the 1970s, Canada's smallest province made a bold attempt to counter escalating energy costs. In 1975, facing the highest oil prices in the country, the government of Alex B. Campbell created the Institute of Man and...
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Public Power Private Life
by Alex Radin Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-434) and index....
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