power resources

"An examination of the resources humans use to create energy, exploring fossil fuels' impacts on the environment and discussing cleaner, more sustainable options that may contribute to a healthier planet"--Provided by publisher.

Explores new and alternative sources of energy upon which mankind must depend in the future, as fossil energy sources are depleted, and explains the difficulties involved in gathering and converting this energy.

Examines the present and future sources of energy, the ways it is being wasted, and some of the possible solutions to the present energy crisis.

Discusses the physics, sources, uses, transport, storage, and control of energy and power.

Provides a perspective of available energy sources and investigates some problems, plus provides laws and regulations, organizational directory, and bibliography.

Explores alternative energy sources that will decrease the world's dependency on oil including natural gas, coal, synthetic fuel, power from the atom, and solar energy. Also discusses the importance of conserving energy sources.

Describes the formation, discovery, drilling, transportation, and use of oil.

Discusses the possibilities of generating electrical power from the world's oceans and of extracting natural gas from ocean kelp farms.