Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells—Our Ride to the Renewable Future (Hardcover)

Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells---Our Ride to the Renewable Future

From Publishers Weekly

The inscription on a granite obelisk in Beaumont, Tex., claims: On this spot on the tenth day of the twentieth century, a new era in civilization began. On that scrubby mound of dirt gushed a fountain of oil that sprayed for days, tripled U.S. oil production overnight and set off a frenzy that revolutionized the industrial age. Previously, crude oil and its derivative, kerosene, held little more value than cheap (Read More.....)

Coleman CC-4000 4-Amp Solar Panel Power Charge Controller #32000

Coleman CC-4000 4-Amp Solar Panel Power Charge Controller #32000

From the Manufacturer

The Coleman CC-4000 controller will connect to your panel to avoid overcharging your batteries when using the Coleman solar chargers. Use with CL-1200 model

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The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, 3rd Edition (Paperback)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, 3rd Edition

All the power you need is already there. This third edition helps readers understand the basics of solar (photovoltaic) power and explore whether it makes sense for them, what their options are, and what's involved with installing various on- and off-grid systems. •Solar power is a $3 billion industry, and it's poised to grow to $39 billion by 2014 •By 2011, the United States will surpass Germany as the largest market for solar power products

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Power from the Sun: A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity (Paperback)

Power from the Sun: A Practical Guide to Solar Electricity

Easy-to-understand, accurate, and comprehensive, this is the guide for anyone interested in installing a solar electric system. Power from the Sun provides a basic understanding of electricity, solar energy and the sun, and solar site assessment. It discusses the types of photovoltaics (PVs) and PV systems, advances in PVs, charge controllers, inverters, batteries, and generators, as well as the installation and maintenance of a PV system. This book is written for the layperson (Read More.....)

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for your Home, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for your Home, 2nd Edition

The perfect source for solar power—fully illustrated. Solar Power (photovoltaics) is now a one-billion-dollar industry, and it’s poised to grow rapidly in the near future as more pressure is placed on limited fossil fuel resources and as advances in solar technology drive down the costs of residential solar systems. This book helps readers understand the basics of solar power and other renewable energy sources, explore whether solar power makes sense for them, what (Read More.....)

Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) (Paperback)

Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))

The bestselling alternative energy reference book in North America?now in an updated edition Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you?re looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or you want to build a solar-powered house from the ground up, Solar Power For Dummies, 2nd Edition takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows you how to put it to work for you! This new edition gives you hands-on tips and tech (Read More.....)

Sunforce 50013 1W Power Sports Charger

Sunforce 50013 1W Power Sports Charger

The Sunforce 50013 1 Watt Power Sports Charger is the perfect solution for charging the batteries of motorcycles, personal water crafts, ATVs, snowmobiles and tractors. The 50013 is not only weatherproof, but maintenance free and extremely easy to install. With its built in overcharge / discharge protection, you cannot go wrong with the 50013 battery charger. This top of the line solar panel works in all daylight conditions to keep your batteries charged. Your purchase includes (Read More.....)

Alternative Energy and Environmental Science Power House Green Essentials

Alternative Energy and Environmental Science Power House Green Essentials

From the Manufacturer

Power House: Green Essentials Edition. To live sustainably, we must use Earth's resources at a rate at which they can be replenished, and thus provide for future generations to live as we have. In this kit, you can learn about alternatitive energy and sustainable living by conducting experiments and building energy-related models. Thirty of the best experiments and the ten most important building projects from the original Power House kit are presented i (Read More.....)