alternative fuel vehicles

Explores the debate over alternative energy automobiles.

Are you considering your first electric vehicle purchase or looking for insight into how to take care of your brand new plug-in car? Either way, this book has the advice you need to make the right decisions.

Presents brief discussions of the types and benefits of various alternative energy sources, such as biodiesel, solar, wave and tidal, natural gas, and geothermal, coveringvarious technologies and case studies, with illustrations.

Discusses the science behind wind-powered cars and includes instructions for readers to build their own from household materials.

Explores the debate over alternative energy automobiles.

Presents brief discussions of the types and benefits of various alternative energy sources, such as biodiesel, solar, wave and tidal, natural gas, and geothermal, coveringvarious technologies and case studies, with illustrations.

Presents brief discussions of the types and benefits of various alternative energy sources, such as biodiesel, solar, wave and tidal, natural gas, and geothermal, coveringvarious technologies and case studies, with illustrations.

An introduction to the technologies and benefits of green transportation, providing guidance to improve personal driving habits, discussing buying electric, hybrid, and natural gas vehicles, and examining sustainable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, vegetable oil, hydrogen, and biomethane.

Reviews the history of America's relationship with the automobile, provides an overview of the global oil and auto industries, discusses the negative effects of a car-centric culture, and offers advice on how to address the problem.