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The
following weblinks are good resources.
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INFOBOOKS
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Intro
to Energy
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Biomass
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Coal
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Consumption
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Electricity
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History
of Electricity
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Measuring
Electricity
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Energy
Efficiency
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Geothermal
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Global
Climate Change
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Hydrogen
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Hydropower
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Natural
Gas
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Petroleum
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Propane
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Solar
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Uranium
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Wind
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Green Revolution
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Green
Revolution: Electric Vehicles
Coming up with better ways to get where we need to go and power the lives we
live requires creativity, ingenuity and hard work.
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Green
Revolution: Discover
A trip to Snowy River, New Mexico, reveals a
lot about life and energy in unexpected places
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Green
Revolution: Hydrogen
Taking on the hydrogen energy challenge
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Green
Revolution: Microbes
Converting waste to energy
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Green
Revolution: Solar Power
Turning sunlight into energy
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Green
Revolution: Wind Power
Harnessing the breeze with more efficient wind turbines
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Green
Revolution: Biomass
Using biomass to create fuel
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Green
Revolution: Smart Grid
Connecting renewable energy to the current power grid
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Green
Revolution: CityCar
The relationship between green design, art, and science demonstrated in the CityCar?
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Green
Revolution: Green Roofs
Green roofs beautify buildings and make them more energy efficient
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National
Geographic Articles on Nonrenewable Energy Resources
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0406/feature5/fulltext.html
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End of Cheap Oil
(Go back to features page to see the pictures)
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/03/cheap-coal/appenzeller-text.html
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The High Cost of Cheap Coal—The Coal Paradox
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http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/surface-of-the-earth/when-mountains-move.html?nav=FEATURES
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When Mountains Move (see the end of the article for
links to pictures)
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http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/nuclear-comeback.html?nav=FEATURES
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Nuclear Power—Risking a Comeback (see the end of the
article for links to pictures)
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/europe/ukraine/chernobyl-text
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Inside Chernobyl
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0508/feature1/fulltext.html
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Future Power:
Where will the world get its next fix?
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/03/mountain-mining/farlow-photography
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/canadian-oil-sands/kunzig-text
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Alternative
Energy - For Everyone (read and use if it fits into your presentation)
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Future
Power: Where will the world get its
next energy fix? Long article.
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http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0508/feature1/
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The Future of Alternative
Energy
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1028_041028_alternative_energy.html
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Energy Efficiency
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/03/energy-conservation/miller-text.html
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Micropower
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http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.04/micro.html
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http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/globalguerrillas/2008/10/resilient-commu.html
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Green Building Designs
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http://www.hgtvpro.com/hpro/nws_ind_nws_trends/article/0,,HPRO_26519_5356899,00.html
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Ethanol
and Biofuels
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Green
Dreams http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/biofuels/biofuels-text/1
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Go to the interactive site and find out more http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/10/biofuels/biofuels-interactive
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Ethanol Production Could
Be Eco-Disaster, Brazil's
Critics Say – Short article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070208-ethanol_2.html
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Termite Power: Can Pests'
Guts Create New Fuel? – Short Article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0314_060314_termite.html
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New Ethanol Plants to Be
Fueled by Cow Manure http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060818-ethanol.html
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Ethanol
plant brews grass into gas http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/ethanol-1.html
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Geothermal
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Renewable Geothermal http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/geothermal.html
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Geothermal Power Plants – U.S. Department of
Energy http://www1.eere.energy.gov/geothermal/powerplants.html
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Wind
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Wind Energy Boom Sweeping U.S.,
Industry Watchers Say http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061025-wind-power.html
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Hydrogen
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New Process
Could Help Make Hydrogen Fuel Affordable –Short
Article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/08/0827_040827_hydrogen_energy.html
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Iceland Launches
Energy Revolution http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1727312.stm
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Wave
Power
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Wave Power – BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1032148.stm
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U.S. Department of Energy Ocean Wave Power http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/renewable_energy/ocean/index.cfm/mytopic=50009
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Hawaii Wave Power http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=37418
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Ocean
Thermal Energy Conversion
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Hawaii - Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
http://www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/info/energy/renewable/otec
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Hydroelectric
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Beaver Dams Inspire
Fish-Friendly Hydropower Design http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0715_050715_hydrobeaver.html
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Three Gorges Dam
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060609-gorges-dam.html
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Electric/Hybrid
Cars (explain the differences)
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/hybrid-car.htm
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Tidal
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Scotland's renewable marine energy http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/12/081202-scotland-prize_2.html
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How tidal
power plants work http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/tidal_power.htm
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Solar
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Solar Heating (active and passive)
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http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/solar_heating.html
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Solar
Photovoltaics
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http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/photovoltaics.html
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Biomass
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Biomass energy: http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter10.html
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How biomass
energy work: shttp://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/technology_and_impacts/energy_technologies/how-biomass-energy-works.html
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Tar Sands
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http://www.treehugger.com/fossil-fuels/canadas-tar-sands-so-destructive-it-makes-its-well-paid-workers-want-quit-video.html
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Kalamazoo River
Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Spill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGcJ64q9BaM&sns=em
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Nuclear
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http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=10&secNum=6
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Fracking:
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An
ecological threat. An economic development engine. Can Hydrofracking be both?
http://video.wcny.org/video/2193590018/
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Fracking
Song (May not use in presentation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHQu3SeUwUI
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The Big
Fracking Bubble: The Scam Behind the Gas Boom (Rolling Stone Magazine)
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http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-big-fracking-bubble-the-scam-behind-the-gas-boom-20120301
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Good story
for APES about competition of farmers and frackers
for water resources.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/us/struggle-for-water-in-colorado-with-rise-in-fracking.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120906
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COGCC website –
Law on Fracking - "excluding hydraulic fracturing treatments." http://cogcc.state.co.us/RR_HF2011/Order1R-114FinalFracingDisclosureRule.pdf
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America's
Natural Gas Alliance rebutting some of the claims made in the documentary
"Gasland".http://www.anga.us/TruthAboutGasland
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NPR series on hydraulic fracturinghttp://www.npr.org/2012/04/05/150055142/science-and-the-fracking-boom-missing-answers
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CNN Explains
Fracking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAxsTJd7VCA
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Truth TV (pro-fracking): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW_xJqPjE_I
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The Debate over Fracking CBS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoF14dr7lYU
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Gasland Website: http://www.gaslandthemovie.com/
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U.S. News Debate Club: http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-fracking-a-good-idea
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CNN Article with
Links: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/15/us/fracking-earthquakes/index.html
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EcoWatch’s
Fracking Page: http://ecowatch.org/p/energy/fracking-2/
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Why Are Night Lights
in North Dakota Visible From the ISS? http://www.geog.ucsb.edu/events/department-news/1154/why-are-night-lights-in-north-dakota-visible-from-the-iss/
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