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BL
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627085
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| Main Entry
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Black, Brian,1966-
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| Title & Author
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Alternative energy /\ Brian C. Black and Richard Flarend.
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| Series Statement
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Historical guides to controversial issues in America
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xx, 222 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780313344848 (hard copy : alk. paper)
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: 0313344841 (hard copy : alk. paper)
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: 9780313344855 (ebook)
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: 031334485X (ebook)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : conceiving of alternative energy -- Human society's need for energy -- The industrial revolution and humans' high-energy existence -- Against the American grain : paths taken, paths declined -- The 1970s initiate an energy transition -- Assessing renewable and alternative energy technologies -- Redefining alternatives -- Appendix 1: Summaries of U.S. legislation provisions related to alternative energy -- Appendix 2: President Jimmy Carter's speech concerning energy, April 18, 1977 -- Appendix 3: President Jimmy Carter : the "crisis of confidence" speech, July 15, 1979 -- Appendix 4: Former Vice President Al Gore at New York University, July 17, 2008.
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| Abstract
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This book is designed to provide report and debate of arguments covering the problems and promise of alternative fuels.
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| Subject
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Power resources-- United States.
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Renewable energy sources-- United States.
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Energy policy-- United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.79/40973
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| LC Classification
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TJ163.25.U6B58 2010
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| Added Entry
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Flarend, Richard.
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