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The Breakthrough in Renewable Energy
ou won’t read about it in the papers, but a silent worldwide revolution is taking place: renewable energy is becoming cheaper than energy from fossil fuels. More and more, opting for wind and solar energy is no longer an ethical choice but an economic one. This will speed up the transfer to renewable energy.
DVDs must be viewed in the library. Search for more using the SC4 Library Catalog.
Burning the Future: Coal in America (dvd)
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Three films explore the dilemmas and potential advances in energy. Burning the future : Coal in America chronicles the journey of a group of West Virginia residents who have dedicated themselves to educate a world blind to the devastation caused by coal's extraction: toxic groundwater and the obliteration of 1.4 million acres of Appalachian mountain and foliage. Fighting Goliath : Texas coal wars reveals an unlikely coalition of Texans who are fighting a high-stakes battle for clean air as they oppose the construction of 19 conventional coal-fired power plants. Powershift explores the enormous potential of clean, renewable energy as part of the WorldLink education initiative to transform public understanding of the energy issue and encourage constructive social change.
Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (dvd)
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As fossil fuel prices rise, oil insecurity deepens, and concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging. Wind, solar, and geothermal energy are replacing oil, coal, and natural gas, at a pace and on a scale we could not have imagined even a year ago. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, we have begun investing in energy sources that can last forever. Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization explores both the nature of this transition to a new energy economy and its effect on our daily lives.
Saved By the Sun (dvd)
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NOVA presents a provocative mix of scientists, economists, and ordinary citizens who are all pushing the envelope of solar power's untapped potential.
