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Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future 8 reviews Jim Motavalli
Sierra Club Books, 2001
The Future is Now!
+ Fuel Cell vehicles is unlikely too be mass produced in 2008 + HIS BROTHA + all up in your mug
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Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History 1 review David Kirsch
Rutgers University Press, 2000
Great Read ... Interesting Thesis
Electric Vehicles giving way to the Internal Combustion Engine was not a given at the turn of the 20th century.
In the US, Electric Vehicles (EV) outsold the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) significantly in 1900, and by WW2 the ICE was dominant and the last passenger EV company closed up shop. ...
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Our Ecological Footprint: Reducing Human Impact on the Earth (New Catalyst Bioregional Series) (Paperback) 14 reviews Williams E. Rees, Mathis Wackernagel, ...
New Society Publishers, 1998
A must reading for anyone worried about the Earth's biosphere.
+ Measuring ourselves + Interesting and important piece of work + The book that started the ball rolling + Running Out of Room: Economists' Viewpoint
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Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History 1 review Curtis D. Anderson, Judy Anderson
McFarland & Company, 2004
An illustrated history of electric and hybrid cars
Electric cars are typically seen as a modern invention: in fact, they were among the first vehicles on the road: in the car's early days a third were electric, and they competed strongly with gas cars. In Electric And Hybrid Cars: A History, Judy and Curtis Anderson collaborate to provide the ...
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Electric Dreams: One Unlikely Team of Kids and the Race to Build the Car of the Future 14 reviews Caroline Kettlewell
Da Capo Press, 2004
Synchromesh: Perfect match-up of story and writer
+ This is an interesting feel-good read + Awesome Book + An Awsome Read + What a wonderful story!
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Convert It! 24 reviews Michael Brown
South Florida Electric Auto Association (S F, 1993
Very Informative
+ Convert it Review + Convert It + Good Place to Start + Good resource... needs updating
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Future Drive: Electric Vehicles And Sustainable Transportation 2 reviews Daniel Sperling
Island Press, 1994
An excellent resource for students writing reports on EVs.
+ Informative. The future of American Transportation.
This book is a must read for anyone interested in electric vehicles and their possible role in the future of the United States transportation industry. Sperling's writing style is clear and easy to understand, and his ideas are well-developed and soundly grounded in science. This book makes an ...
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Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble 19 reviews Lester R. Brown
W. W. Norton, 2006
Best Yet
+ Civilization in Trouble + Crisis is clear but expected some solutions + Brown's Plan B 2.0 + Essential reading for every human on this planet
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Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak 46 reviews Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Hill and Wang, 2005
Beyond Oil
+ Timely book + Excellent discussion of Hubbert and his technical exposition + Must-have for Peak Oil enthusiasts + outstanding synopsis of energy alternatives
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Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World 47 reviews Richard Heinberg
New Society Publishers, 2004
Excellent overview...
+ The Low-Energy Future + Power down... + Wanna learn how civilization came all the way to where we are now?
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Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe ... 25 reviews Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003
Something to look forward to
+ Excellent writing from one point of view
I almost didn't read this because of the title. In this day and age with many seemingly on the edge of reason I thought it was somewhat of an incendiary title.
I'm glad I did check it out - I loved it. This man is a seriously talented writer. The material is dense. Very dense. Lots of ...
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Build Your Own Electric Vehicle 30 reviews Bob Brant
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 1993
Build Your Own Electric Vehicle - EXCELLENT!
+ have 1stEd. ordered 2nd... + A must for the EV conversion project!
A good review of history of the electric car, best vehicles to convert, lists of sources for kits and parts, diagrams of how to do it, etc.
Highly recommended.
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The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World 85 reviews Paul Roberts
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Still an excellent primer on the economics of hydrocarbons and alternatives
+ Excellent and thorough book, misleading title + the oil end + Makes analysis of the contemporary energy order accessible.
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Convert It! 24 reviews Michael Brown
South Florida Electric Auto Association (S F, 1993
Very Informative
+ Convert it Review + Convert It + Good Place to Start + Good resource... needs updating
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Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History 1 review David Kirsch
Rutgers University Press, 2000
Great Read ... Interesting Thesis
Electric Vehicles giving way to the Internal Combustion Engine was not a given at the turn of the 20th century.
In the US, Electric Vehicles (EV) outsold the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) significantly in 1900, and by WW2 the ICE was dominant and the last passenger EV company closed up shop. ...
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Build Your Own Electric Vehicle 30 reviews Bob Brant
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 1993
Build Your Own Electric Vehicle - EXCELLENT!
+ have 1stEd. ordered 2nd... + A must for the EV conversion project!
A good review of history of the electric car, best vehicles to convert, lists of sources for kits and parts, diagrams of how to do it, etc.
Highly recommended.
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Electric Dreams: One Unlikely Team of Kids and the Race to Build the Car of the Future 14 reviews Caroline Kettlewell
Da Capo Press, 2004
Synchromesh: Perfect match-up of story and writer
+ This is an interesting feel-good read + Awesome Book + An Awsome Read + What a wonderful story!
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Forward Drive: The Race to Build "Clean" Cars for the Future 8 reviews Jim Motavalli
Sierra Club Books, 2001
The Future is Now!
+ Fuel Cell vehicles is unlikely too be mass produced in 2008 + HIS BROTHA + all up in your mug
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Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World 47 reviews Richard Heinberg
New Society Publishers, 2004
Excellent overview...
+ The Low-Energy Future + Power down... + Wanna learn how civilization came all the way to where we are now?
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Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History 1 review Curtis D. Anderson, Judy Anderson
McFarland & Company, 2004
An illustrated history of electric and hybrid cars
Electric cars are typically seen as a modern invention: in fact, they were among the first vehicles on the road: in the car's early days a third were electric, and they competed strongly with gas cars. In Electric And Hybrid Cars: A History, Judy and Curtis Anderson collaborate to provide the ...
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