Energy Production and Alternative Energy

By Debra A. Miller

This essential volume helps readers explore in detail the range of current and impending challenges that energy production and resources face as a result of global warming. Readers will examine these issues from a variety of expert perspectives, highlighting key future challenges, and addressing the pros and cons of potential solutions. After a thorough introduction on energy and global warming, our reliance on fossils fuels is explained. Fascinating topics such as reinventing transportation energy and achieving a clean-energy economy are richly explored.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737751061
• ISBN13: 9780737751062
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 10 to 12