fuel

Explores the nature, origin, practical uses, problems, and abuses of coal, petroleum, uranium, and other fuel products used for energy.

An introduction to the location and uses of various types of fuel and sources of energy.

Explains the meaning of renewable and nonrenewable energy, discusses the history of energy use and why the environment is in danger, and looks at new technologies, energy conservation, and alternative energy sources.

Surveys the history and use of many types of fuel, focusing on the advantages and disadvantages of oil, coal, alcohols, wood, and nuclear, solar, and geothermal energy resources.

Surveys the uses of energy sources as they have evolved from earliest days and emphasizes resultant pollution problems and the present energy crisis.

Young Jimmy Jack Blackburn searches for fuel to keep his mother and baby sister warm through a severe Appalachian winter.

Presents a study of fossil fuels describing some of the problems with fossil fuels, and provides information on coal, oil, and natural gas.

Describes the availability and uses of various fuels including petrol, diesel, gas, wood, and coal, and discusses the future prospects of these as power resources.

Explores the Earth and its chemical foundations, focusing on fuel and the environment, discussing what fuel is, how it is extracted and refined, how plastics are made, the cost of fuel, and environmental factors, and including photographs, discussion questions, and investigations.

Describes the origins of coal, natural gas, and petroleum, explaining how they are refined and used to produce energy.