Energy

*note: This is a very incomplete listing. And most of the books listed are, unfortunately, missing from my archives... so, links to individual book entries will be slow in forthcoming. If you have any appropriate book entries online, I'll be happy to add them to this index.
To be added: publishing details, synopsis, links to reviews, and biographical material.

• Living on the Sun: Harnessing Renewable Energy for an Equitable Society by Godfrey Boyle
  (19??, non-fiction)

• The Toxic Cloud: The Poisoning of America's Air by Michael H.Brown
  (1987, non-fiction...Harper & Row, US hbk...
  "Since the burning of fossil fuels is a major contributor to air pollution, I've included this very important research. Scary!" --Henry W.Targowski.)

• Too Hot to Handle: The Race for Cold Fusion by Frank Close
  (1990, non-fiction... is it for real?)

• Redirecting Energies: Sustainable Energy Futures by Peter Colley
  (June 1997, non-fiction...Pluto Press, London, UK... energy and the labour movement, political perspective on the energy industry...
  "Unfortunately, this book still sees the energy issue from an industrial viewpoint rather than tackling the real need to make every household energy-productive. Energy generation should be in the hands of the people, and not concentrated in some private industry. Without such a new approach to the problem, we will still be handing over the source of power to a greedy and reckless elite." --Henry W.Targowski.)

• Solar Energy Research by Farrington Daniels and John Duffie
  (1955, non-fiction)

• Direct Use of the Sun's Energy by Farrington Daniels
  (1964, non-fiction...
  "The classic text on solar energy... essential reference work." --Henry W.Targowski.)

• The Wooing of Earth -- New Perspectives on Man's Use of Nature by René Dubos
  (1980, non-fiction)

• Poverty and Power: Energy and the South African State by Anton Eberhard and Clive van Horen
  (October 1995, non-fiction)

• This Endangered Planet: Prospects and Proposals for Human Survival by Richard A.Falk
  (1971, non-fiction...Random House, New York, US)

• Earth, Energy and Everyone by Medard Gabel
  (1979, non-fiction...Doubleday, New York, US... World Resources Inventory document... essential reading)

• The Coming Age of Solar Energy by D.S.Halacy
  (1975, non-fiction... revised edition... history and future of solar power)

• Energy and Equity by Ivan Illich
  (1974, non-fiction... proposes the limiting of traffic)

• Toward a History of Needs by Ivan Illich
  (19??, non-fiction... includes: "Energy and Equity" by Ivan Illich)

• Solar Energy in America's Future: A Preliminary Assessment by John S.Reuyl, et al.
  (1977, non-fiction...SRI International, Menlo Park, California, US)

• An Introduction To Heat Pumps by John A.Sumner
  (1976, non-fiction...Prism Press, Dorchester, UK, pbk, ISBN 0-904727-38-6... very interesting)

• The Low Cost Planet: Energy and Environmental Problems, Solutions and Costs by David Toke
  (April 1995, non-fiction...Pluto Press, London, UK...
  "A valuable guide to different methods of energy production and their costs." --in Safe Energy .)

*note: This is a very basic list. I'll be adding to it gradually. Publishers are invited to send books for review.
Scholars are asked for input. All contributions will be fully accredited. Corrections, new additions, and relevant links are very welcome.

Bone Dance by Emma Bull
(May 1991, novel, science fiction...Ace, New York, US, pbk... postapocalyptic Earth, where the sole source of energy is a corrupt business empire)

Metropolitan by Walter Jon Williams
(April 1995, novel, science fiction, urban fantasy...HarperPrism, New York, US, hbk... fictional energy source called 'plasm')

• Positive News
  (online version of this UK-based magazine... together with Planetary Connections ... world issues, ecology, education, etc...)

• Whole Earth Review
  (publication available online... external link to website... initiated by Stewart Brand)

Murray Bookchin
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography forthcoming)

René Dubos
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography)

R.Buckminster Fuller
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography, bio, links)

Paolo Soleri
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography, links)

Barbara Ward
(Anachron Library entry... bibliography)

Centre for Photovoltaic Devices and Systems
(haven't checked this link)

Chernobyl 10 Years On
('Unit 4'... state-of-affairs, health reports... nuclear resources)

Cold Fusion Home Page
(serious information on this controversial subject)

World Game Institute
(external link to website... based on the work of R.Buckminster Fuller... *note: new URL)

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