Fuel
Cells | Lighting and Intelligent Systems
Energy Saving Programs | Global Warming
Renewable Energy Sources:
Biomass | Solar | Wind
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Fuel Cells
AEP: Environment:
Power Pie: Fuel Cell: Vehicles
http://www.aep.com/environmental/solar
/power/fuelcell/vehicles.htm
Ballard Announces
Commercial Launch of Portable Nexa Power Module
http://www.ballard.com/viewreport.asp?sPrID=240
Fuels for Fuel Cell Vehicles
http://www.aps.org/units/fps/ogden.html
Fuel Cell Energy
http://www.ttcorp.com/fccg/erc_abt.htm
Reversible Fuel Cell
(RFC) Kit
http://www.ecosoul.org/noflash/fuelcell/fuelcell.htm
How Do Fuel Cells Work?
United Technologies has the answer.
http://www.ifc.com/fuelcell/how_fl.shtml
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Lighting and Intelligent Systems
Lighting Futures - Interoperable Systems - The Future of Lighting Control
http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/Futures/LF-BAS
Lighting a Revolution:
20th Century Invention
http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/lighting/invent20.htm
Lighting in Residential
and Commercial Buildings (1993 and 1995 Data)
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/lit-type.html
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Saving Programs
USA Analysis of Energy R&D Programs
http://energytrends.pnl.gov/usa/us005.htm
Federal Building Saves Energy Through Integrated Efficiency Solution
http://www.caddet-ee.org/register/dataee/CCE02996.HTM
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Global Warming
Daly, John L. "Still
Waiting for Greenhouse: A Lukewarm View of Global Warming."
http://www.vision.net.au/~daly
EPA Costal Zones: Case Studies of Global Warming's Impact
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/impacts/coastal/index.html
Fleming, James. Perspectives on Recent Climate Science and Policy.
Chapter 9 presents a historical background on climate change over the
years.
http://www.colby.edu/sci.tech/controversy/pages/9historical.pdf
CNN. "Greener Earth Means Good News and Bad."
Why greener areas on the earth point to global warming.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/09/04/greener.earth/index.html
Perdue, Jon. "Global Warming is Hot Air."
Why (Jon Thinks that) global warming is a hoax. An interesting read.
http://www.newaus.com.au/news111gw.html
Least Tern: An Endangered Species
Lifestyle and habitat of the endangered Least Tern, and how global warming
affects it.
http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/wildlife/ltern.html
NIWA (CNN): "Ozone Hole No Bigger but More Persistent."
Why the ozone hole isn't getting bigger, but is sticking around for longer.
http://asia.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/10/16/nz.ozone/index.html
Pacific in Peril: Climate Countdown (Greenpeace)
Why the Pacific island nations are in trouble due to the changing climate.
http://greenpeace.org/%7Eclimate/climatecountdown/frameset-peril.htm
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Solar Power
SolarElectric: "Your Online Resource for Renewable Energy Information"
An excellent online retailer providing solar equipment and accessories
for the green consumer.
http://www.solarelectric.com
Sierra Solar Systems:
A "Full Service Renewable Energy Outfitter."
They provide personal consultation and have an experienced sales team.
http://www.sierrasolar.com
Frequently Asked Questions About Solar Power (PDF): AllTronics is an electronics
component supply company dealing in all sorts of products, from books
to solar panels. They provide this PDF with simple instructions for wiring
solar panels.
http://www.alltronics.com/download/solpanel.pdf
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Wind Energy
American Wind Energy
Association: The AWEA provides in-depth information on wind technologies,
including detailed analysis of turbines and wind speed.
http://www.awea.org/faq/basicen.html
Wind Power: Clean Energy for Colorado: A project of the Grassroots Campaign
for Wind Power, this site urges Colorado residents to have their local
power companies set aside wind power "blocks" for their use.
http://www.cogreenpower.org/
Wind Power in Iowa: Much like the Colorado site above, WPII urges Iowans
to write their legislators. This site's objective is to promote in-state
power generation via wind power generators.
http://www.iowawind.org/
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Biomass Energy
American Biomass Association: The ABA has a useful fact sheet online with
many convincing arguments for switching to biomass for energy.
http://www.biomass.org/fact_sheet_1.htm
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