Renewable energy
Subtitle: a common sense energy plan
By: Brad Linscott
Publisher: Tate Pub & Enterprises Llc
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mustang, OK
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781617776083
Subjects: Renewable energy sources; Power resources
Description: "In Renewable Energy: A Common Sense Energy Plan, Brad Linscott addresses the impending energy problems our nation faces. He covers our nation's renewable energy options while taking into account the economic feasibility of implementing them on a large scale. Linscott discusses the role foreign oil and fossil fuels play in our future and their environmental impact. He shares his Common Sense Energy Plan, which outlines a combination of clean, renewable energy sources and nuclear energy to sustain the power needs of the United States."--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: 1: Renewable energy; title: Our renewable energy resources; title: A little bit of history; title: Wind energy; title: Solar energy; title: Hydropower, ocean tides, and wave-action hydropower; title: Biofuels; title: Geothermal energy; title: Energy conservation; title: 2: Fossil-fueled and nuclear electric power plants; title: Clean coal electric power plants; title: Natural gas electric power plants; title: Nuclear electric power plants; title: Transmitting electricity; title: What's ahead?; title: 3: The electric-hydrogen-powered economy; title: Hydrogen production; title: Ground transportation, fuel conservation and highway safety; title: Research; title: Energy independence; title: expedite or impede; title: The common sense energy plan.