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Title Renewable energy [electronic resource] / Jacqueline Langwith, book editor.

Imprint Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Gale Electronic Resource  Electronic Resource    ---  Available
Series Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents What is renewable energy? -- Renewable energy : an overview / Environmental Literacy Council -- Nuclear power is renewable / Gia Milinovich -- Nuclear power is not renewable / Pembina Institute -- Energy from garbage is renewable / Nickolas J. Themelis and Karsten Millrath -- Energy from garbage is not renewable / Peter Montague -- Manure processed in methane digesters is renewable / Martha T. Moore -- Manure processed in methane digesters should not be considered renewable / Sierra Club -- Is renewable energy beneficial? -- Renewable energy is necessary to reduce global warming / Al Gore -- Renewable energy is economically beneficial / Roger Bezdek -- Renewable energy is economically costly / Independence Institute -- Renewable energy is beneficial for the environment / Science Clarified -- Renewable energy is not beneficial for the environment / Jesse H. -- Hydrogen is not a practical fuel source / Ed Hiserodt -- Hydrogen fuel cells are the best hope for the future / Amory B. Lovins --
What are the benefits of ethanol as a renewable transportation fuel? -- Using ethanol as fuel is beneficial / Natural Resources Defense Council and Climate Solutions -- Using ethanol as fuel is not beneficial / Ed Wallace -- Producing ethanol from cellulose is beneficial / Diane Greer -- Producing ethanol from cellulose is not beneficial / Alice Friedemann -- Producing ethanol from corn will hurt food supplies / Lester R. Brown -- Producing ethanol from corn will not hurt food supplies / Patrick Mazza -- How should the government promote renewable energy and fuels? -- A national renewable fuel standard is beneficial / Robert Meyers -- Implementation and environmental concerns surround the national renewable fuel standard / Rosalie Westenskow -- A national renewable portfolio standard is beneficial / Jaime Steve -- A national renewable portfolio standard is not completely beneficial / Thomas R. Kuhn -- Net metering programs are good policies / Mona Newton -- Net metering programs could hurt electric utilities / Frank Graves, Philip Hanser, and Greg Basheda for the Edison Electric Institute.
Access Access limited to licensed institutions.
Subject Renewable energy sources -- Juvenile literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Langwith, Jacqueline.
ISBN 9780737742268 (hardcover)
0737742267 (hardcover)
9780737742275 (pbk.)
0737742275 (pbk.)

 
    
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