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Books cover renewable energy sources including solar electric, solar thermal, wind, ethanol, biodiesel, and others. They cover saving energy through efficiency, conservation, cogeneration and distributed generation. Books also deal with the plethora of impacts and issues associated with conventional energy sources, including oil, coal, natural gas, and large scale hydroelectric generation. Issues include ecosystem impacts and protection, air pollution, greenhouse gases, peak oil and gas, supply interruptions, national security, and the economic impacts of demand outstripping supply.

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Lives Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction. By Terry Tamminen. A hard look at the health, environmental, and national security costs hidden in every barrel of oil. While the petroleum industry is raking in huge profits, it is studiously avoiding measures that would lessen the hazards of its products. Using the successful lawsuits by state governments against big tobacco as a model, the author sets forth a bold strategy to hold oil and auto companies accountable and force industry reform. He also offers a blueprint for developing alternative energy sources based on California's real world experiences. More… | Terry Tamminen EcoSpeakers Info >>

Power From the Wind: Achieving Energy Independence. By Dan Chiras, Mick Sagrillo, and Ian Woofenden. Faced with frequent power outages and skyrocketing energy costs, homeowners and businesses are beginning to explore ways to use energy more efficiently. An easy-to-understand guide for individuals and businesses interested in installing small wind energy systems. Includes information on ways to assess wind resources at your site, installation of wind turbines, towers, inverters, and batteries, system maintenance, and costs. Designed to help readers make the smartest, most economical choices. More… | Dan Chiras EcoSpeakers Info >>

Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution. By Christopher Flavin. "Nearly unnoticed by government and industry, the world energy economy has entered a period of rapid change that may be as far-reaching as the computer and telecommunications revolutions," according to Power Surge. "The giant oil refineries and coal-fired power plants that energized the twentieth century soon may be relics of the industrial revolution, as obsolete as the typewriter or Model T Ford." Read about the recent deployments of new energy technologies around the world, providing an early glimpse of the massive changes ahead. More… | Christopher Flavin EcoSpeakers Info >>

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Alcohol Can Be A Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century. By David Blume. Explains the history, technology, and even the sociology of renewable fuels in a fashion that can be appreciated by expert and novice alike. Offers countless hands-on technical solutions ranging from home stills to for-profit manufacturing strategies. More… | David Blume EcoSpeakers Info >>

Beat High Gas Prices Now! By Diane MacEachern. Sets out practical, and easy-to-do things one can do to reduce gasoline consumption, and quantifies the savings that will result. More… | Diane MacEachern EcoSpeakers Info >>

Biodiesel America: How to Achieve Energy Security, Free America from Middle-east Oil Dependence And Make Money Growing Fuel. By Josh Tickell. Provides a fresh perspective on our oil-laden history (why America is more dependent on oil than any other nation), our present position of energy compromise, and the true potential for a fossil-fuel-free future. Shows that an abundance of available, economically viable, and profitable energy solutions exists. More… | Josh Tickell EcoSpeakers Info >>

Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment. By Jacques Leslie. Looks at large dams and their consequences through the eyes of three members of the 1990s' World Commission on Dams. Documents the often corrupt finances and politics of dam building and the injustice of the displacement of communities. Explains how dams cause aridity, erosion, extinction, and pollution. More... | Jacques Leslie EcoSpeakers Info >>

From Space to Earth: The Story of Solar Electricity. By John Perlin. The history of photovoltaics (the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity by solar cells) from the early 19th century to the present. Brings home to the lay reader the background of the technology that may be our best energy option for the future. More... | John Perlin EcoSpeakers Info >>

From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank. By Josh Tickell, Kaia Tickell, and Kaia Roman. Details all aspects of running diesel engines on vegetable oil. Includes information on biodiesel, the diesel fuel substitute made from new or used vegetable oil, as well as information on running any diesel engine on straight vegetable oil. Packed with history, information, instructions, photos, diagrams and resources. More... | Josh Tickell EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Homeowner's Guide to Renewable Energy. By Dan Chiras. This guide starts by outlining the likely impacts of fossil fuel shortages and some basic facts about energy. It then discusses energy conservation to slash energy bills and prepare for renewable energy options. Focusing on specific strategies needed to replace specific fuels, the book examines each option available to homeowners. More… | Dan Chiras EcoSpeakers Info >>

Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. By Debbie S. Miller and Margaret Murie. An appeal for the preservation of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, now threatened by oil and gas development. A resident of Alaska who has traveled extensively in the Refuge, she describes vividly the wonders of this preserve, from its coastal plain to its mountains, glaciers and rivers. More... | Debbie S. Miller EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes. By Dan Chiras. An overview of the pros and cons of fourteen natural building methods. Includes straw bale, rammed earth, cob, cordwood, adobe, earthbags, papercrete, and more. The common goal is to create a house that is economical, energy efficient, nontoxic, and pleasing. This comprehensive sourcebook offers in-depth information that will guide your choice of the materials and methods for building a sustainable natural home. More… | Dan Chiras EcoSpeakers Info >>

Renewable Energy Policy. By Paul Komor. Takes a pragmatic, nuts-and-bolts look at the myriad government efforts to promote renewables, and reports back on what works, what doesn't, and why. In clear, jargon-free language, this book shows how and why some policies have achieved impressive results, and others have failed. More… | Paul Komor EcoSpeakers Info >>

The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling. By Dan Chiras. Explains in detail how today's homebuilders can succeed with solar designs. Now that energy efficiency measures including higher levels of insulation and multi-layered glazing have become standard, it is easier than ever before to create a comfortable and affordable passive solar house that will provide year-round comfort in any climate. More… | Dan Chiras EcoSpeakers Info >>

Watershed: The Undamming of America. By Elizabeth Grossman. Dams affect a river's ecosystem, throwing off the balance that fosters plant, insect and fish life. Grossman gives a national perspective to the current movement toward dam removal and reports on the complex and conflicting political and economic perspectives and pressures that drive or resist removal. More... | Elizabeth Grossman EcoSpeakers Info >>

Winning the Oil Endgame. By Amory Lovins, Jonathan Koomey et al. Describes a plan for reducing U.S. oil use by 50% by 2025 and ending foreign oil dependency. The plan is market-based and uses existing technology. Elements include more efficient oil and natural gas use, superefficient vehicles, and development of cellulostic ethanol. More… | Jonathan Koomey EcoSpeakers Info >>

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