Additional Readings

Anonymous. "Dark Days For Detroit." Business Week, January 28, p. 61 (2002). The Big Three's gravy train in recent years--fat profits from trucks--is being derailed by a new breed of hybrid vehicles from Europe and Japan.

Appleby, A. J. 1999. "The Electrochemical Engine for Vehicles." Scientific American 281(1): 74-79. First in a series on advances in fuel cell technology.

Asmus, Peter. 2000. "You say you want a revolution." Green@work November/December 2000: 28-32. Outrage at rising energy prices is prompting a closer look at smarter, cleaner energy source.

Asmus, Peter. 2000. Reaping the Wind : How Mechanical Wizards, Visionaries, & Profiteers Helped Shape Our Energy Future. Island Press. The history of commercial wind power in the U. S.

Ayres, Robert U. 2001. "The energy we overlook." World Watch 14(6): 30-39. We waste a vast amount of energy. Conservation and efficiency could free us of fossil fuels completely.

Biswas, Wahidul K., Paul Bryce and Mark Diesendorf. 2001. "Model for empowering rural poor through renewable energy technologies in Bangladesh." Environmental Science and Policy 4(6): 333-344. Renewable energy technologies could help create income-generating activities for landless and marginal farmers and for women while reducing environmental problems, like deforestation and indoor air pollution.

Cavallo, A. J., et al. 1993. "Wind energy: Technology and Economics." in Renewable Energy: sources for fuels and electricity. T. B. Johansson, et al. (eds). Island Press. See also excellent articles in this volume on hydropower, biomass, and photovoltaic solar energy.

Chiras, Daniel D. 2000. The Natural House: A Complete Guide to Healthy, Energy-Efficient, Environmental Homes. Chelsea Green Pub. A sourcebook examines the options for economical, energy-efficient, nontoxic homes.

Cole, Nancy and P. J. Skerrett. 1995. Renewables Are Ready: People Creating Renewable Energy Solutions. Washington, DC: The Union of Concerned Scientists. Examples of people who have made renewables a reality.

Decicco, John. 2001. "Aceee's Green Book: The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks." American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Compares all makes and models of cars, vans, and light trucks for fuel efficiency and emissions.

Dunn, Seth. 1997. "Power of Choice." World Watch 10(5): 30-35. Consumers have a new opportunity to tell electricity suppliers how they want their power produced.

Dunn, Seth. 2000. "The Hydrogen Experiment." World Watch 13(6): 14-25. Iceland has committed to becoming the world's first hydrogen economy.

Ehsani, M ; K.M. Rahman &H.A. Toliyat. Propulsion System Design of Electric and Hybrid Vehicles IEEE transactions on industrial electronics. IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 44, no.1:19. New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1997).

Elliot, David. 1997. Energy, Society and Environment: Technology for a Sustainable Future. New York: Routledge.

Flavin, Christopher. 1999. "Bull Market in Wind Energy." World Watch 10(2): 24-27. Many countries are finding that wind energy makes the most sense.

Gipe, Paul/ 1999. Wind Energy Basics : A Guide to Small and Micro Wind Systems. Real Goods Solar Living Books. Everything you need to know about wind power.

Gloaguen, F., J.D. Lawrence & T.B.Rauchfuss. "Biomimetic hydrogen evolution catalyzed by an iron carbonyl thiolate." Journal of the American Chemical Society 123: 9476-9477 (2001). Using hydrogenase enzymes from bacteria, German chemists have found a way to generate clean-burning hydrogen gas from acids.

Haile, S. M., et al. Solid acids as fuel cell electrolytes. Nature 410: 910-913 (2001). This new type of fuel cell may offer greater efficiency at lower cost than others now being tested.

Hermance, David and Shoichi Sasaki. "Hybrid electric vehicles take to the streets." IEEE spectrum 35, no. 11: 48 (5 pages). New York: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1998). Special report on electric vehicles.

Hoagland, William. 1995. "Solar Energy." Scientific American 273(3): 170-173. Explaines how solar power works.

Hodkinson, Ron and John Fenton. Lightweight Electric/Hybrid Vehicle Design. Warrendale, PA. : Society of Automotive Engineers (2001).

Hoffmann, Peter. 2001. Tomorrow's Energy: Hydrogen, Fuel Cells, and the Prospects for a Cleaner Planet. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. A review of clean energy options.

Jenkins, Nick and J. F. Walker. 1997. Wind Energy Technology. Blackwell Scientific. A primer for wind energy.

Jones, M. "Hybrid vehicles - the best of both worlds?" Chemistry and Industry no.15: 589 (1995).

Jurgen, Ronald K. (ed). Electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Warrendale, PA : Society of Automotive Engineers (2002).

Kachadorian, James. 1997. The Passive Solar House. Hopewell, CA: Real Goods Independent Living Books. Practical directions for building a solar house.

Komp, Richard J. 2001. Practical Photovoltaics : Electricity from Solar Cells. Aatec Pub. How photovoltaic systems work.

Koppel, Tom. Powering the Future: The Ballard Fuel Cell and the Race to Change the World. New York: John Wiley & Sons (1999).

Lawrence, Robyn Griggs. 2000. "Comfortably Off The Grid." Natural Home. July/August 2000. A wildfire clears the way for a couple to put their principles into practice in this solar, straw bale home and office.

Lehman, Peter and Christine Para. 1994. "Hydrogen Fuel from the Sun." Solar Today 8: 20-25. Hydrogen gas produced electrolytically with photovoltaic energy could substitute for natural gas in many applications.

Lofstedt, R. E. 1993. "Hard Habits to Break: Energy Conservaton Patterns in Sweden." Environment 35(2): 10-20. Sweden uses much less energy per person than the U.S. How do they do it?

Maggetto, G ; J. Van Mierlo. "Fuel cells: Systems and applications - Electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles : State of the art and perspectives." Annalesde chimie--science des matériau. 26 no.4: 9 (2001).

Markvart, Tomas. 2000. Solar Electricity 2^nd ed. John Wiley & Sons. The history and promise of solar energy, focusing on the practical aspects of photovoltaics.

Parks, Noreen. 1996. "Bounty from the Sea: A Visionary's Quest to Tap Vast Reservoirs of Energy Stored in the Oceans has Finally -- and Literally -- Borne Fruit." Earth 5(4): 50-55.

Patel, Mukund R. 1999. Wind and Solar Power Systems. CRC Press. An up-to-date reference on alternative energy sources.

Patterson, W. 1994. Power from Plants: The global Implications of New Technologies for Electricity from Biomass. Earthscan Publications. A good review of biomass potential.

Pearson, David (Editor). 1996. The Natural House Catalog : Everything You Need to Create an Environmentally Friendly Home. Fireside Press. All the materials, products, and services you need to create and maintain an ideal living space.

Rembert, Tracey C. 1997. "Energy for the Next Century." E Magazine 8(6): 28-31. Renewable energy is making a dramatic comeback.

Renner, Michael. 2001. "Employment in Wind Power." World Watch 14(1): 22-30. Renewables provide far more jobs per unit of energy than fossil fuels or nuclear power.

Reynolds, Michael. 1993. Earthship III. Taos, NM: Earthship Publications. Detailed instructions for building rammed earth and tire construction houses.

Rosen, Harold A. and Deborah R. Castleman. 1997. "Flywheels in Hybrid Vehicles." Scientific American 277(4): 75-79. New technologies offer promise for clean, efficient transportation.

Sastry, Anjali M. and Ashok J. Gadgil. 1996. "Bombay Efficient Lighting Large-scale Experiment (BELLE): Blueprint for improving energy efficiency and reducing peak electric demand in a developing country." Atmospheric Environment 30(5): 803-808. A plan for energy conservation in India.

Schaeffer, J. and D. Pratt. 1999. Solar Living Sourcebook 10th ed. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishers. A comprehensive "do-it-yourself" book for sustainable energy and independent living.

Schmidt-Mende, L. et al. "Self-organized discotic liquid crystals for high-efficiency organic photovoltaics." Science 293: 1119-1122 (2001). Self-assembling organic compounds may provide low-cost solar energy.

Smith, Douglas 2001. "Big plans for ocean power hinge on funding and additional research." Power Engineering 105(11): 91-95. A good review of recent developments in wave, tidal, and ocean thermal power.

Steen, Athena S., et al. 1994. The Straw Bale House. Hopewell, CA: Real Goods Publishers. Practical directions and inspiring case studies of straw bale construction.

Stone, R. and P. Szuromi. 1999. "Powering the Next Century." Science (US) 285: 677, July 30, 1999. Introduction to a special issue on fuel cells.

Strong, Steven J. 1994. The Solar Electric House : Energy for the Environmentally-Responsive, Energy-Independent Home. Chelsea Green Publishers. How to live independently with solar energy.

Van Dresser, Peter. 1996. Passive Solar House Basics. Ancient City Press. How to build a solar adobe home.

Yago, Jeffrey R. 1999. Achieving Energy Independence - One Step at a Time. Dunimis Technology. Living off the grid.

Zou, Z., et al. "Direct splitting of water under visible light irradiation with an oxide semiconductor photocatalyst." Nature 414: 625-627 (2001). Metal catalysts may make it possible to generate clean-burning hydrogen gas using solar energy.