Research Guides: Sustainable Energy: Welcome

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What is sustainable energy?

"Sustainable energy is energy that is produced and used in ways that will support long-term human development in all its social, economic, and environmental dimensions."

--from the Dictionary of Energy in the Credo Reference Database.

Library Books about Sustainable Energy

Alternative Energy DeMYSTiFieD, 2nd Edition by Stan Gibilisco
Call Number: TJ 808.G53 2013
Publication Date: 2012
DeMYSTiFieD fuels your knowledge of tricky subjects like alternative energy If you think a Maglev train is a child's toy, or learning about fusion makes your brain reach critical mass, Alternative Energy DeMYSTiFieD, Second Editionwill power up your knowledge of this topic's fundamental concepts and theories at your own pace.
Energy Alternatives by Margaret Haerens (Editor)
Call Number: TJ 808.5.E49 2013
Publication Date: 2013
This must-have volume explores global developments in energy alternatives, focusing on nuclear energy, particularly the impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis, as well as the politics and economics of energy alternatives.
Fueling Our Future by Robert L. Evans
Call Number: TJ 163.2.E86 2007
Publication Date: 2007
One of the most important issues facing humanity today is the prospect of global climate change, brought about primarily by our prolific energy use and heavy dependence on fossil fuels. Fueling Our Future: An Introduction to Sustainable Energy provides a concise overview of current energy demand and supply patterns.
Life Without Oil by Steve Hallett; John Wright
Call Number: HD 9502.A2 H2425 2011
Publication Date: 2011
This timely, sobering, yet constructive discussion of energy and ecology offers a realistic vision of the near future and many important lessons about the limits of our resources.
Windfall by Robert W. Righter
Call Number: TJ 820.R54 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Not long ago, energy experts dismissed wind power as unreliable and capricious. Not anymore. The industry has arrived, and the spinning blades of this new kid on the electric power block offer hope for a partial solution to our energy problems by converting nature's energy into electricity without exposing our planet and its inhabitants to the dangers of heat, pollution, toxicity, or depletion of irreplaceable natural resources.

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