Alternative Energy

by Richard Flarend and Brian C. Black

Book Overview

An exceptionally timely volume that weighs the costs and benefits of alternative energy sources and their implications for reducing energy consumption.

As this book makes clear, civilization cannot long continue to ride on an oil slick. Worldwide, many people have come to see dependence on coal, and especially on oil, not only as unsustainable, but as profoundly destabilizing, both environmentally and politically. While ever-increasing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313344841
• ISBN13: 9780313344848
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"