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BL
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978829
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b733199
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| Main Entry
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Miller, Debra A.
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| Title & Author
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Energy production and alternative energy /\ Debra A. Miller ; Michael E. Mann, consulting editor.
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| Publication Statement
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Farmington Hills, Mich. :: Greenhaven Press,, ©2011.
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| Series Statement
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Confronting global warming
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123 pages :: color illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm.
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| ISBN
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0737751061
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: 9780737751062
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Energy and global warming : an introduction -- The world's reliance on fossil fuels : current energy usage -- Cutting fossil fuel emissions -- Bridge strategies : low-emission energy sources -- Developing clean and renewable electrical energy -- Reinventing transportation energy -- Achieving a clean-energy economy -- Challenges in the search for clean energy.
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| Abstract
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Discusses the world's history of energy production and consumption, and explains how alternative energy sources may help with the coming fossil fuel energy crisis and protecting the worldwide environment.
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Electric power production, Juvenile literature.
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Renewable energy sources, Juvenile literature.
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Electric power production.
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Electric power production.
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Renewable energy resources.
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Renewable energy sources.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.79/4
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| LC Classification
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TJ808.2.M548 2011
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| Added Entry
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Mann, Michael E.,1965-
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