Sustaining Earth's energy resources
By: by Ann Heinrichs.
Series: Environment at risk
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Tarrytown, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780761440079
Subjects: Renewable energy sources -- Juvenile literature; Power resources -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature; Energy development -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: "Provides comprehensive information on Earth's sources of renewable and nonrenewable energy, how they are used, their benefits and disadvantages, their interrelationships with the natural world, and the future of Earth's sources of energy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Fossil fuels; title: Nuclear power; title: Hydropower; title: Solar power; title: Wind power; title: Biomass; title: Geothermal power; title: Managing energy for a cleaner planet.