Earth, the sequel : the race to reinvent energy and stop global warming / Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn.

By: Krupp, FredContributor(s): Horn, MiriamPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c2008Description: 296 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9780393334197Subject(s): Energy conservation -- United States | Global warmingDDC classification: 621.042 LOC classification: TJ163.4.U6 | K78 2009
Contents:
A new industrial revolution -- Harnessing the sun, part I -- Harnessing the sun, part II -- Fuels from living creatures -- New sources of biofuels -- Ocean energy -- Power from the earth -- Reconsidering coal -- Today's solutions -- A world of possibility -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Resources -- Index.
Summary: "Krupp and Horn have delivered an important message of hope: that alternative energy is abundant, we have the genius to tap it, and there is no need to continue wrecking the world by dependence on fossil fuels."--E.O. Wilson, University Research, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University"--Page 1 before the title page.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A new industrial revolution -- Harnessing the sun, part I -- Harnessing the sun, part II -- Fuels from living creatures -- New sources of biofuels -- Ocean energy -- Power from the earth -- Reconsidering coal -- Today's solutions -- A world of possibility -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Resources -- Index.

"Krupp and Horn have delivered an important message of hope: that alternative energy is abundant, we have the genius to tap it, and there is no need to continue wrecking the world by dependence on fossil fuels."--E.O. Wilson, University Research, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University"--Page 1 before the title page.

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