Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
viii, 294 pages ; 25 cm |
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Includes index. |
Contents |
Part 1. Green gas -- Henry Ford and the search for ethanol -- Giant Chinese silver grass -- The rise, fall, rise and fall of alcohol fuel -- Gas lines and gasohol -- Back to the ethanol future -- Part 2. Sun -- The sad fate of Jimmy Carter's solar panels -- Solar Renaissance -- Sun power -- Ice from fire -- Solar reborn -- Part 3. Wind -- Charles Brush and his wind machine -- Wind power reborn -- Peppard's folly -- Wind goes electric -- A new golden age of wind -- Part 4. Earth -- Going geothermal at Ball State -- The geysers -- Hot rocks and high hopes -- Part 5. Water -- Hydropower 2.0 -- The electropolis of America -- The power of waves -- Salter's duck. |
Summary |
An entertaining and informative guide to where renewable energy has been, where it is today, and where it's heading. |
Subject |
Renewable energy sources -- United States.
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Shere, Jeremy -- Travel -- United States.
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Energy policy -- United States.
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Social change -- United States.
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Renewable energy sources -- History.
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ISBN |
9780312643751 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0312643756 hardcover alkaline paper |
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