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U.S. national debate topic 2008-2009 : alternative energy / edited by Paul McCaffrey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 3.
- The reference shelf ; v. 80, no. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Renewable energy sources.
- Energy development.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 198 pages ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Alternative energy
- Place of Publication:
- New York : The H. W. Wilson, 2008.
- Summary:
- Now on WilsonWeb-An easy-to-use, accessible "information hub" providing well-rounded examinations of headline topics.
- Complements your Reference Shelf collection with new subjects, articles, Web links, and updated information you won't find in the print series.
- 100 Topics Currently-20 New Topics Each Year
- Full text articles from key publications, brought together by Wilson editors to offer a thorough overview.
- A constant source of new information: automatic searches of WilsonWeb periodical databases expand on and update each topic.
- Links to informative Web sites-listed in articles, or recommended by Wilson editors-offer researchers additional information.
- Colorful graphical interface engages the interest of students.
- Great research tool for school papers, debate clubs, journalists, and others.
- Contents:
- I. Fossil fools? Climate change, traditional energy sources, and their drawbacks. Carbon's new math / Bill McKibben
- The politics of global warming / Thomas Sieger Derr
- Can the United States shed its oil addiction? / Josef Braml
- The geopolitics of natural gas / Michael T. Klare
- Old king coal comes back / Jeremy Main
- It's scary, it's expensive, it could save the earth / Charles Petit
- II. Good bye to gasoline? Ethanol and biodiesel. Is ethanol the answer? / Marianne Lavelle and Bret Schulte
- The price of biofuels / David Rotman
- Fuel for thought / Frances Cerra Whittelsey
- Biodiesel: homegrown oil / Greg Pahl
- III. The sun and the wind: renewable twins? Catching the wind / Jim Motavalli
- New and improved wind power / Greg Pahl
- Solar is the solution / Steve Heckeroth
- Reaching for rays / Aimee Cunningham
- IV. The hydrogen revolution: is it feasible? The hope for hydrogen / Joan Ogden and Daniel Sperling
- Fueling U.S. transportation / Michael K. Heiman and Barry D. Solomon
- Beyond batteries / Carol Potera
- V. Hydroelectric and wave power: viable alternatives? Hydroelectric power / William Arthur Atkins
- Ending a dammed nuisance / The Economist
- Homestead hydropower / Steve Maxwell
- Blue power / David C. Holzman
- Wave master / Stuart Nathan
- VI. Geothermal energy. Geothermal energy, power from the underground / James Yearling
- Deep heat / Caroline Williams
- Geothermal technology / Scott Calahan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824210809
- 0824210808
- OCLC:
- 221961579
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