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Wind Power For Dummies
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Ian Woofenden |
The consumer guide to small-scale wind electricity production! Maybe you're not T. Boone Pickens, but you can build your own home-sized wind-power empire right in your back yard. Wind Power for Your… |
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Energy myths and realities
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Vaclav Smil |
MYTH: New energy sources and technical innovations will eliminate the need for fossil fuels within a few decades. REALITY: Comprehensive energy transitions take several generations. MYTH: Carbon sequ… |
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Deploying renewables
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International Energy Agency |
Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies examines the key factors that will determine the success of renewable energy policies and how current policies can be improved to encourage gre… |
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Beyond smoke and mirrors
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Burton Richter |
"Global climate change is one of the most important issues humanity faces today. This book assesses the sensible, senseless and biased proposals for averting the potentially disastrous consequences o… |
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Earth
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Richard B. Alley |
Using one engaging story after another, and keeping the science light and the chapters short, world authority Richard B. Alley gives his readers three takeaways: 1) the fascinating history of human e… |
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Who Killed the Electric Car?
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Chris Paine |
It was among the fastest, most efficient production cars ever built. It ran on electricity, produced no emissions and catapulted American technology to the forefront of the automotive industry. The l… |
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Energy alternatives
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Lauri S. Friedman |
Essays examine both sides of the questions raised about energy alternatives. |
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Renewable energy
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David M. Haugen,Susan Musser |
"Renewable Energy: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources… |
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The energy imperative
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Hermann Scheer |
"For decades, Hermann Scheer was one of the world's leading proponents of renewable energy. In this, his last book before his death in 2010, he lays out his vision for a planet 100% powered by renewa… |
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Ten technologies to save the planet
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Chris Goodall |
We face the dual crises of peak oil and climate change. How will we meet future global energy demands? Goodall combines cutting-edge analysis and fascinating stories of the inventors, scientists, and… |
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Energy and environment
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P. E. Hodgson |
106 p. : 22 cm |
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Investment Opportunities For A Low Carbon World
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Will Oulton |
"Providing insights from leading global experts from the environmental technology and finance sectors, under the guidance of Will Oulton, Director of Responsible Investment at Mercer Investments acro… |
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Sustainable energy
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Victoria Parker |
This book looks at the importance of sustainable energy, the pros and cons of different methods, and how sustainable energy is likely to develop in the future. -- From cover. |
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Industrial evolution
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Lyle Estill |
For many people, the word "industry" brings to mind images of sprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape. "Industrial" has become synonymous with pollution, human ri… |
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UNEP handbook for drafting laws on energy efficiency and renewable energy resources
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United Nations Environment Programme |
This Handbook is written in response to needs expressed by developing countries for assistance in drafting legislative provisions for promotion of energy efficiency and renewable energy, and particul… |
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Power failure
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Mary Le Duc O'Neill |
Discusses the energy sources we use today and those that might power the world of the future. |
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Renewable energy finance
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Charles W. Donovan |
The future of clean energy is no longer about science and technology; it's all about access to finance. The fossil fuel industry has been subsidized for decades with tax breaks and government backing… |
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Advances in Fluid Mechanics Measurements
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Mohamed Gad-el-Hak |
One cannot overemphasize the importance of studying fluids in motion or at rest for a variety of scientific and engineering endeavors. Fluid mechanics as an art reaches back into antiquity, but its r… |
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Building 2000
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C. Ouden |
This set of Building 2000 brochures illustrates how architects and other building designers can successfully apply passive solar principles to produce energy-efficient buildings. Building 2000 is a p… |
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From Understanding to Action
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Marco Keiner |
This book provides a framework for the design, implementation, and measurement of sustainable urban development in developing countries. It presents the findings of an AGS-sponsored project. Based on… |
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