The Forbidden Fuel is the definitive history of alcohol fuel, describing in colorful detail the emergence of alcohol fuel in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the political and economic forces behind its popularity, opposition, and eventual growth. In 1982, when The Forbidden Fuel was first published, approximately 350 million gallons of ethanol were produced in the United States for transport fuel. In 2008 that number had grown to 9 billion gallons—an approximate average annual growth rate of 98.9 percent. Similar dramatic growth has occurred all over the world, especially in Brazil. This new edition examines the forces behind this explosive growth; it also presents fresh evidence that the controversial issues that were presciently foreseen and described in the 1982 edition—limits of the land, food versus fuel, environmental risks, and global warming—still persist as unabated challenges to industry leaders and policy makers.

The Forbidden Fuel: A History of Power Alcohol, New Edition

History

Bernton, Hal

Kovarik, William

Sklar, Scott

World

Bison Books

Provides information on the household applications of solar energy, including heating and cooking, and provides guidelines for evaluating systems

Consumer Guide to Solar Energy: Easy and Inexpensive Applications for Solar Energy

Business & Money

Sheinkopf, Kenneth G.

Economics

Bonus Books

Traces the development of alcohol as a source of fuel and analyzes the economic and political factors that have shaped the history of the alcohol fuel industry

Forbidden Fuel: Power Alcohol in the Twentieth Century

Kovarik, Bill

Caroline House Pubns

Consumer Guide to Solar Energy is a must for those who are tired of power brownouts and blackouts, skyrocketing energy bills and the feeling that there is nothing we can do to help resolve these problems ourselves. Don't wait for utility bill sticker shock to worsen, or sit through another power outage or energy disruption. The new edition of this guide can help readers seize their own destiny, become more self-reliant and use the available technology to make their homes more comfortable and their power bills more affordable.

Consumer Guide to Solar Energy

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