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02450cam a2200337Ka 4500 001 0C2BE104FBCF11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 003 SILO 005 20100120073657 008 080908s2009 nyu 000 0 eng d 020 $a 0078127556 020 $a 9780078127557 035 $a (OCoLC)246902476 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d SILO $d OWL $d NRM $d YDXCP $d KUT $d IOW $d SILO 050 00 $a TJ163.25.U6 $b T34 2009 100 1 $a Easton, Thomas A. 245 1 $a Taking sides. $p Clashing views in energy and society / $c Thomas A. Easton. 246 3 $a Clashing views in energy and society 260 $a New York : $b McGraw-Hill, $c c2009. 300 $a xxvi, 396 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 505 0 $a Unit 1. Fossil fuels -- Can the United States continue to rely on oil as a major source of energy? -- Is it realistic for the United States to move toward greater energy independence? -- Should cars be more efficient? -- Should the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge be opened to oil drilling? -- Should utilities burn more coal? -- Unit 2. Global warming -- Are global warming facts too uncertain to guide government policy? -- Is global warming skepticism just smoke and mirrors? -- Are the potential costs of global warming too high to ignore? -- Can carbon trading help control carbon emissions? -- Is carbon capture technology ready to limit carbon emissions? -- Is "geoengineering" a possible answer to global warming? -- Unit 3. Nuclear power -- Does nuclear power need government help? -- Should the United States continue to focus plans for permanent nuclear waste disposal exclusively at Yucca Mountain? -- Should the United States reprocess spent nuclear fuel? -- Unit 4. Alternative energy sources -- Is wind power green? -- Do biofuels enhance energy security? -- Can hydropower play a role in preventing climate change? -- Will hydrogen replace fossil fuels for cars? -- Is there any such thing as "free energy"? 650 0 $a Power resources $z United States. 650 0 $a Power resources $x Environmental aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Energy conservation $z United States. 650 0 $a Renewable energy sources $z United States. 650 0 $a Energy policy $z United States. 650 0 $a Environmental policy $z United States. 650 0 $a Global warming $x Environmental aspects. 941 $a 1 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214050057.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0C2BE104FBCF11DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 994 $a 02 $b IOWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search