| Description |
viii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 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 |
Shere, Jeremy -- Travel.
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Renewable energy sources.
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Energy policy.
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Social change.
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Renewable energy sources -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780312643751 (hardcover) |
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0312643756 (hardcover) |
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