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Alternative Energy Resources
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Nonfiction
- Climate and the Environment. Milwaukee, Wis.: World Almanac Library, c2002. 551.6 Cli
Describes Earth's environment and various climates, as well as the damage being done by air, water, and soil pollution to the Earth and its inhabitants.
- Critical Perspectives on Energy and Power. 1st ed. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2007. 333.79 Cri
This book presents articles that examine the global energy demands for the future and that discuss how to meet future energy demands and protect Earth's fragile environment at the same time.
- Cruden, Gabriel. Energy Alternatives. Detroit: Lucent Books, c2005. 333.79 Cru
Reviews the history of energy use, looks at the development of solar, wind, geothermal, and other power alternatives.
- Currie-McGhee, L. K. Biofuels. San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, 2009. 333.95 Cur
Presents a discussion of biofuels that examines their benefits, such as reduced dependence on fossil fuels and less negative impact on the environment, and covers the question of whether biofuels threaten the world's food supply.
- Friedman, Lauri S. Fossil Fuels. San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, 2009. 333.8 Fri
Presents a discussion of fossil fuels that covers questions about whether the fuels are running out and examines their threat to the environment and impact on national security, and analyzes the potential benefits of alternative energy sources.
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Gardner, Timothy. Oil. Greensboro, N.C.: Morgan Reynolds, 2010. 333.8 Gar
Traces the history of oil, discussing how it has been used and collected throughout history, its impact on the modern world, the possible crisis diminishing supplies pose, and other related topics.
- Hoffman, Peter. Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c2001. 333.79 Hof
Looks at hydrogen as the answer to growing environmental concerns, discussing the benefits and manufacture of the completely nonpolluting fuel, and considering the difficulties of converting to a hydrogen-based economy.
- Kallen, Stuart A. Hydrogen Power. San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, 2009. 665.8 Kal
Discusses the obstacles that must be overcome for hydrogen power to be put into widespread use and discusses the future of hydrogen power.
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Kelly, Regina Anne. Energy Supply and Renewable Resources. New York: Facts on File, 2007. 333.79 Kel
Identifies the energy-related challenges of the early twenty-first century, looks at how the United States and other nations are responding to the problems, and provides a selection of related reference information, including case studies, primary source documents, biographies, statistics, and a chronology.
- Lorinc, John. Cities. Toronto: Groundwood, 2008. 307.76 Lor
Discusses the strains on cities caused by the twenty-first-century population migrations away from rural areas and into urban communities, and covers poverty, homelessness, overconsumption of energy, suburban sprawl, and other related topics.
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Marcovitz, Hal. Can Renewable Energy Replace Fossil Fuels? San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, 2011. 333.79 Mar
Provides facts and varying opinions about renewable energy and its potential to replace fossil fuels, discussing the consequences of fossil fuel use, origins of the controversy over fossil fuels, the practicality and affordability of renewable energy, policies, and if people can live without fossil fuels.
- Nakaya, Andrea C. Energy Alternatives. San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, c2008. 333.79 Nak
Features an overview of alternative energy sources and their impact on society.
- Parks, Peggy J. Solar Power. San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, 2009. 333.79 Par
Presents a discussion of solar power that discusses developments in photovoltaic technology, its impact on global warming, its ability to reduce dependence on foreign oil, and plans for future technological innovations.
- Parks, Peggy J. Wind Power. San Diego, Calif.: ReferencePoint Press, 2009. 333.9 Par
Presents a discussion of wind power that discusses developments in wind turbine technology, its positive and negative impacts on the environment, its ability to reduce dependence on foreign oil, and plans for future innovations.
- Romm, Joseph J. Hell and High Water: Global Warming – The Solution and the Politics - And What We Should Do. New York: William Morrow, c2007. 363.738 Rom
Offers a critical overview of American environmental and energy policy, revealing the dangers those policies pose to the environment and arguing for dramatic changes that can save the environment and decrease global warming.
- Walker, Gabrielle. The Hot Topic: What We Can Do About Global Warming. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, c2008. 363.738 Wal
Explores the causes of global warming and addressed what should be done about it.
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