Renewable : : the World-Changing Power of Alternative Energy

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Includes index.
Part 1. Green gas -- Henry Ford and the search for ethanol -- Giant Chinese silver grass -- The rise, fall, rise and fall of alcohol fuel -- Gas lines and gasohol -- Back to the ethanol future -- Part 2. Sun -- The sad fate of Jimmy Carter's solar panels -- Solar Renaissance -- Sun power -- Ice from fire -- Solar reborn -- Part 3. Wind -- Charles Brush and his wind machine -- Wind power reborn -- Peppard's folly -- Wind goes electric -- A new golden age of wind -- Part 4. Earth -- Going geothermal at Ball State -- The geysers -- Hot rocks and high hopes -- Part 5. Water -- Hydropower 2.0 -- The electropolis of America -- The power of waves -- Salter's duck.
An entertaining and informative guide to where renewable energy has been, where it is today, and where it's heading.

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history of renewable energy submitted by thesrays on August 28, 2020, 6:40am Published in 2013, you'd be forgiven for wondering if this book on "cutting edge" renewable energy is worth your time or already outdated. Indeed, some of the information is outdated, but because the author offers the interesting history of renewable energy, it's still worth your time. I also appreciated that the author avoided the usual side dish of "political opinions" so frequently served up with alternative energy literature. A winsomely written book, it's worth a read.