Gas
Subtitle: the clean fossil fuel?
By: Jim Pipe
Series: World energy issues
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781445101958
Subjects: Solar energy; Juvenile literature
Description: Explores how solar power has potential to help solve problems of global warming and declining fossil fuels, and the costs and benefits of solar power systems. Suggested level: primary.
Table of contents: title: Why go solar?; title: What is solar energy?; title: Passive heating; title: Solar heating; title: Superhot collectors; title: Solar cells; title: Using PVC cells; title: Around the world; title: Solar power in space; title: The future of solar energy; title: Local power; title: Solar in space; title: The solar revolution; title: Future trends; title: Hot off the press; title: How solar power compares; title: Glossary and resources (including world solar power map).