The result is an informed, evenhanded discussion of energy production and consumption on the global, national, regional, local, and-most important-personal level. Knowledge is the real power this book imparts, allowing each of us to think beyond the flip of a switch to the real consequences of our energy use. Book jacket.
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ISBN:9780803245068 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description:xx, 214 pages ; 23 cm. print
Publisher:Lincoln :University of Nebraska Press,[2013]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216).
Formatted Contents Note:
Of megawatts and meadowlarks : a Wyoming wind farm -- Angels and monsters : a Wyoming coal-fired power plant -- Fission and fishing : a Nebraska nuclear power plant -- Solids, liquids, and gases : a Texas gas field -- Homegrown revolution : an Iowa biomass research facility -- Journey a little way into the Earth : a Utah geothermal plant -- Water, water, everywhere : a Kentucky hydropower plant -- Don't let the sun go down, without capturing its energy : a Nevada solar-thermal power plant -- Harnessing the moon : a Maine tidal power project.
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