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Growing a New Energy Economy $19.95 The world, quite simply, is running out of oil. We need a solution now, one that will pave the way to a saner, more sustainable energy future without massive reinvestments in infrastructure and technology transfer. We need Biodiesel.
$14.95
Available for Pre-order (Expected Ship Date: August 15, 2013) If you want to introduce alternative power supplies around the home and garden or even live totally off-grid in your boat, caravan, or yurt and need a practical introduction to solar power and 12-volt supplies, here is an essential guide to the subject.
The New Energy Crisis $25.00 Blackouts across North America have warned us of its coming: It's High Noon for Natural Gas and it's going to be bigger than Bonnie and Clyde.
Getting the Best From Your Wood-Burning Stove, 2nd Edition $12.95
Available for Pre-order (Expected Ship Date: August 15, 2013) Using a wood-burning stove effectively is both an art and a science. In this friendly, comprehensive guide, chartered forester and woodfuel expert Will Rolls talks the reader through the theory and practice of getting the best results from their stove. From finding the fuel and seasoning it to lighting the stove and operating it cleanly, this book describes the best techniques for looking after your log stove.
Designing, Building, and Living with a Piece of the Sun $39.95 Those who are looking to build, add onto, or remodel a house will find comprehensive and practical advice for designing and installing a masonry heater, including detailed discussion of materials, code considerations, and many photos and illustrations. While this is not a do-it-yourself guide for building a masonry heater, it provides facts every heater builder should know. Professional contractors will find this a useful tool to consult, and homeowners considering a new method of home heating will find all they need to know about masonry heaters within these pages, including inspiring and lavish illustrations, and many imaginative heater designs.
How to Organize, Finance, and Launch Local Energy Projects $19.95 Over 90 percent of US power generation comes from large, centralized, highly polluting, nonrenewable sources of energy. It is delivered through long, brittle transmission lines, and then is squandered through inefficiency and waste. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Communities can indeed produce their own local, renewable energy.
Power from the People explores how homeowners, co-ops, nonprofit institutions, governments, and businesses are putting power in the hands of local communities through distributed energy programs and energy-efficiency measures.
Electricity from Solar Cells $18.95 An interesting look at renewable energy through photovoltaics.
Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era $34.95 Imagine fuel without fear. No climate change. No oil spills, no dead coalminers, no dirty air, no devastated lands, no lost wildlife. No energy poverty. No oil-fed wars, tyrannies, or terrorists. No leaking nuclear wastes or spreading nuclear weapons. Nothing to run out. Nothing to cut off. Nothing to worry about. Just energy abundance, benign and affordable, for all, forever.
Navigating the Maze of Solar Options, Incentives, and Installers $14.95 The market for solar systems has been growing at an exponential rate and strong tax credits ensure continued growth even in a sluggish economy. Many of those who would like to catch this undeniable wave of the future are held back by widespread confusion. A Solar Buyer's Guide for the Home and Office clears the air, allowing property owners to move forward with confidence to make their homes and offices more comfortable, environmentally sound, and secure against wild swings in energy prices.
A Guide to Home- and Community-Scale Wind Energy Systems $29.95 Wind Energy Basics offers a how-to for home-based wind applications, with advice on which wind turbines to choose and which to avoid. He guides wind-energy installers through
considerations such as renewable investment strategies and gives cautionary tales of wind
applications gone wrong. And for the activist, he suggests methods of prodding federal, state,
and provincial governments to promote energy independence.
Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business $50.00 Wind Power is the most thorough, up-to-date, and comprehensive book on wind power—a widely available, renewable energy source that can be used for everything from small remote applications to sophisticated wind power plants.
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