Alternative Energy (Historical Guides to Controversial Issues in America) - Hardcover

Black, Brian; Flarend, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313344841 ISBN 13: 9780313344848

Verlag: Greenwood, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

An exceptionally timely volume that weighs the costs and benefits of alternative energy sources and their implications for reducing energy consumption.

As this book makes clear, civilization cannot long continue to ride on an oil slick. Worldwide, many people have come to see dependence on coal, and especially on oil, not only as unsustainable, but as profoundly destabilizing, both environmentally and politically. While ever-increasing demands continue to be placed on "mainstream" energy sources, recurring attempts have been made to generate power in "alternative" ways.

After retracing some of these efforts, this succinct and historically informed volume explores the ongoing debate over alternative energy that gathered strength in the 20th century, showing how that debate mirrors larger attitudes toward energy and consumption. Like other volumes in this series, Alternative Energy is designed to provide material for student reports and debate arguments. It is an outstanding sourcebook for those interested in investigating the problems and prospects of alternative fuels.

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Brian Black has been a college professor since 1992 at Kansas Christian College and at Penn View Bible Institute. He received an MS from Northeastern University, an MA from Clark Summit University, and a PhD from Greenwich University. Black's first book, The Holiness Heritage, gives the formation and history of the Holiness Movement throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has four children and lives with his wife in central Pennsylvania.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0313344841
• ISBN 13: 9780313344848
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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