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BioMass ballot question debated, with implications for energy, jobs
Myths. Fairy tales. Whoppers. Those were just a few of the terms lobbed Wednesday by opponents of biomass combustion – the burning of trees, treated wood, construction debris, animal byproducts and other materials for energy – as they challenged the contention by supporters of the energy source that it produces few harmful emissions.
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Energy Economics: Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance $95.23 Since its modest beginning in the 1970s, the academic and research focus on energy has grown substantially and energy has established itself as an independent, interdisciplinary subject area. It attracts attention from people in a range of different fields including engineers, scientists, geologists, environmentalists, bankers, investors, policy makers and politicians. Energy Economics introduces …

Solar Desalination for the 21st Century: A Review of Modern Technologies and Researches on Desalination Coupled to Renewable Energies (NATO Security through Science Series C: Environmental Security) $100.73 This book of the NATO Science Series presents the state-of-the-art of Desalination Technologies driven by Renewable Energies, highlighting the results achieved in the research field and presenting the potentialities of such technologies. It provides an up-to-date point-of-reference on the topic, giving an extensive overview of the current status of solar desalination, both from the research and in…

Who Owns the Sun: People, Politics, and the Struggle for a Solar Economy $4.95 In Who Owns the Sun? Daniel Berman and John O’Connor argue that democratic control of solar energy is the key to revitalizing America — putting power back into the hands of local people. A decentralized solar economy will bring thousands of new jobs to local communities that would no longer be exporting millions of energy dollars every year to transnational corporations and oil cartels.In an era …