Notes

Table of contents: Today's questions, tomorrow's answers?
-- Why do we need energy?
-- Energy efficiency
-- Home economics
-- Transport technology
-- Batteries not included
-- Fuel cells
-- Combined heat and power
-- Solar energy
-- Solar developments
-- Blowing in the wind
-- Hydroelectricity
-- Wave power
-- Tidal energy
-- Geothermal energy
-- Biomass energy
-- Biomass plus and minus
-- 'Not in my backyard'
-- The alternative future
-- Saving for the future
-- Alternative energy statistics.

An exploration of the role of alternative energy in the world today. It covers the uses of this form of energy, how it was discovered, and how its use is changing. It also examines how energy can be transformed from one state to another and the conservation of energy. Each book in the series emphasises renewability and sustainable development of the world's energy resources