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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Craddock, David, 1982-     Subjects     Renewable energy sources.     Renewable energy sources -- Economic aspects.     Energy policy.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Craddock, David, 1982-       by title:      Renewable energy mad...         MARC Display

Renewable energy made easy : free energy from solar, wind, hydropower, and other alternative energy sources / by David Craddock. by Craddock, David, 1982- Ocala, Fla. : Atlantic Pub. Group, c2008. Subjects Renewable energy sources.   Renewable energy sources -- Economic aspects.   Energy policy. ISBN:  9781601382405 (pbk. : alk. paper) : 1601382405 (pbk. : alk. paper) : Description:  287 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents:  Reduce, reuse and renew -- The almost-perfect day -- Problems with fossil fuels -- Renewable energy pros and cons -- The focus of renewable energy made easy -- The potential of solar power -- A history of solar energy -- Windows (not the operating system) -- Solar collectors -- Types of solar energy -- Passive solar -- Interseasonal storage -- Daylighting -- Low temperature alternatives -- Photovoltaic -- Powering Mr. Fusion: biomass as an energy source -- A history of biomass -- The conversion process and its pros and cons -- Methods for improving fuel efficiency -- Crops -- Oily seeds and biodiesel -- Biogas -- Costs -- Ethanol -- The biomass-powered engine that could -- Environmental issues -- Getting wet and wild with hydropower -- A history of hydropower -- Head -- Turbines -- How does a hydropower system work? -- Hydropower applications -- The Francis turbine -- Effects on ecosystems -- Environmental issues -- Wind power -- A history of wind power and windmills -- Wind turbines -- Appropriate wind speeds -- Estimating the power a turbine could produce -- Costs of wind power -- Siting ideal locations for wind turbines -- Offshore wind -- Strengths and weaknesses of wind power -- The potential of wave power -- A history of waves -- How wave energy works -- Types of waves -- Sea states -- Under the sea (state) -- Capturing a wave -- Integrating wave energy into our everyday lives -- The extreme economics of wave energy -- Limiting environmental impact -- Harvesting geothermal energy -- Prospective geothermal energy locations -- Geothermal plants -- Uses for geothermal energy -- Problems with geothermal energy -- High points of geothermal energy -- Case studies. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 621.042 Cr   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 621.042 Cr   Lost 02/05/2010 Add Copy to MyList Keaau P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 621.042 Cr pbk Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Lanai P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 621.042 Cr   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Molokai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 621.042 Cr   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 621.042 Cr   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Waimanalo P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 621.042 Cr   Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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