Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views in energy and society
By: Thomas A. Easton
Publisher: McGraw-Hill; McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780078127557
Subjects: Energy conservation; Power resources; Renewable energy sources; Environmental policy; Energy policy
Other titles: Clashing views in energy and society
Table of contents: title: Unit 1. Fossil fuels; title: Can the United States continue to rely on oil as a major source of energy?; title: Is it realistic for the United Sates to move toward greater energy independence?; title: Should cars be more efficient?; title: Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to oil drilling?; title: Should utilities burn more coal?; title: Unit 2. Global warming; title: Are global warming facts too uncertain to guide government policy?; title: Is global warming skepticism just smoke and mirrors?; title: are the potential costs of global warming too high to ignore?; title: Can carbon trading help control carbon emissions?; title: Is carbon capture technology ready to limit carbon emissions?; title: Is "geoengineering" a possible answer to global warming?; title: Unit 3. Nuclear power; title: Does nuclear power need government help?; title: Should the United States continue to focus plans for permanent nuclear waste disposal exclusively at Yucca Mountain?; title: Should the United States reprocess spent nuclear fuel?; title: Unit 4. Alternative energy sources; title: Is wind power green?; title: Do biofuels enhance energy security?; title: Can hydropower play a role in preventing climate change?; title: Will hydrogen replace fossil fuels for cars?; title: Is there any such thing as "free energy"?