Alternative Energy: Facts, Statistics, and Issues - Softcover

"Paula Berinstein's handbook is an excellent resource with a myriad of uses. This guide acts as a quick, ready reference for specialists in physics and alternative energies, but it also doubles as a thorough overview of alternative energies for the novice....This handy guide would be suitable for any science collection, whether in an academic library, public library, or high school media center. It is a very easily employed resource that would serve many reference collections well."-E-STREAMS

..."a one-stop resource for information about alternative energy and the context in which it operates. Readers can access the most current research in the area, including the companies that are heavily engaged in it."-Business Horizons

"Berinstein's writing is clear, and she provides many charts and illustrations from a variety of sources, along with glossaries, bibliographies, and an index, all of which make finding detailed information a simple task. All levels."-Choice

"The layout is attractive, with pictures, diagrams, and numerous "At a Glance" information boxes complementing the text....having so much data in one volume is very handy. Of interest to academic and public library patrons; researchers in industry libraries will find the numbers useful."-Library Journal

"Well organized and well written, with abundant tables and figures, a glossary, and a modest bibliography, this accessible work should appeal to general audiences as well as provide information to specialists. It is, moreover, mercifully free of the polemic and finger-pointing that too often characterizes books on this subject."-American Reference Books Annual

?...a one-stop resource for information about alternative energy and the context in which it operates. Readers can access the most current research in the area, including the companies that are heavily engaged in it.?-Business Horizons

?Berinstein's writing is clear, and she provides many charts and illustrations from a variety of sources, along with glossaries, bibliographies, and an index, all of which make finding detailed information a simple task. All levels.?-Choice

?The layout is attractive, with pictures, diagrams, and numerous "At a Glance" information boxes complementing the text....having so much data in one volume is very handy. Of interest to academic and public library patrons; researchers in industry libraries will find the numbers useful.?-Library Journal

?Well organized and well written, with abundant tables and figures, a glossary, and a modest bibliography, this accessible work should appeal to general audiences as well as provide information to specialists. It is, moreover, mercifully free of the polemic and finger-pointing that too often characterizes books on this subject.?-American Reference Books Annual

?This excellent handbook writes its own very accurate review in its preface: "While a mountain of information about alternative energy exists, laying one's hands on a concise summary of the state of the art remains difficult. Hence, this volume, which gathers disparate and scattered information, provides a pithy overview of the industry, and the context in which it operates..,."well documented, and very interesting volume.?-SB & F

A discussion of conventional energy and energy issues is followed by an overview of the American alternative energy industry in historical, technological, economic, regulatory, environmental, and political contexts.