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Title

Kick the fossil fuel habit : 10 clean technologies to save our world / Tom Rand.

Author

Rand, Tom, 1967-

Publication

Toronto : Eco Ten Pub., c2010.

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Details

Description

239 p. : col. ill.; 27 cm.

Summary

In this book the author and engineer, Cleantech authority, venture capitalist, pragmatic entrepreneur and philosopher, doesn't provide a 3 easy steps approach to fixing our dependence on fossil fuels. But he does show it's possible to do without them. By giving an in depth look at 10 technologies that together can bring a clean future, free of fossil fuels, he provides education and hope. This is a clarion call, a directive that we act quickly and collectively (governments, corporations and individuals) to provide future generations the opportunity to live in a sustainable world. Unique in being accessible to the general public, his message is not just important, but understandable and entertaining. His personal views and anecdotes are combined with a hard-headed engineering and business perspective. Beautiful photographs bring the text to life. It is this generation's job to save the world we know for the next. This book shows us how.

Subjects

• Energy development
• Green technology
• Clean energy industries
• Renewable energy sources

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Solar -- Wind -- Geothermal -- Biofuels -- Hydropower -- Ocean -- Smart buildings -- Transportation -- Efficiency and conservation -- The energy Internet.

ISBN

• 9780981295206
• 0981295207

LCCN

^^2011486068

OCLC

468102358

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library