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Title:

Power struggle [videorecording] / WNET ; produced by Roger Weisberg ; co-producer, Kerry Herman.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Bullfrog Films,

Copyright Date:

c1985

Description:

2 videocassettes (59 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Power resources--United States.
Energy development--United States.
Renewable energy sources--United States.
Nuclear power plants--United States.
Solar energy--United States.
Wind power--United States.
Energy conservation--United States.
Documentary films.

Other Authors:

Streep, Meryl.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Bullfrog Films, inc.
Public Policy Productions, Inc.

Other Titles:

Energy supply.
Energy efficiency.

Notes:

"A production of Public Policy Productions, Inc." Meryl Streep.

Contents:

Pt. 1 Energy supply (36 min.) -- pt. 2. Energy efficiency (23 min.).

Summary:

Explores the struggle over ways to produce the energy needed to supply power for the United States. Shows ways energy is currently being produced and describes new technologies, including solar, wind, and water power, geothermal energy, biomass, and co-generation. Tells advantages and disadvantages of each type of energy production, including possible effects on the environment. Shows nuclear power plants, experimental solar and wind farms, a geothermal steam complex, and other examples of energy production. Describes ways in which cars, appliances, and buildings can be made more energy-efficient.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)17636697

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)