Annotated Bibliography

"Energy Rhetoric vs. Reality." Energy Tomorrow. 27 Feb. 2009 http://www.energytomorrow.org/. API addresses energy issues and their rhetoric on this page. This website offers realities to frequently heard claims and issues.


"Obama'a Stimulus Includes Green Investments." Alternative Energy. 18 Feb. 2009. 25 Feb. 2009 http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/obamas-stimulus-includes-green-investments/. This is a news article discussing President Obama’s stimulus package. The article discusses how, and how much is to be spent on alternative energy. This includes direct quotes from Obama, and an anaylsis from the author.

PickensPlan. 27 Feb. 2009 http://www.pickensplan.org/. This is a website created by T. Boone Pickens, a man who made millions from oil. The website describes different plans and ideas to move away from oil in america. Pickens talks about the risks of being dependent on foriegn oil.

Duffy, James E. Auto Engine Repair. City Published: Goodheart-Willcox Publisher, 2005. In this textbook, James E. Duffy explains the design and operation of internal combustion engines. The textbook gives in depth description of combustion and emissions. Alternative fuels for automobiles are also discussed.

EPA. "Automobile Emissions: An Overview." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 27 Feb. 2009 http://www.epa.gov/OMS/consumer/05-autos.pdf. This article was writing by the Environmental Protection Agency. The article discusses how emissions from automobiles are created. Also, the article includes descriptions of different systems on automobiles to limit and control emissions.

"This Is Reality The Facts." This Is Reality Get Involved. The Reality Campaign. 27 Feb. 2009 http://action.thisisreality.org/facts. This website was created by The Reality Campaign. This website provides facts about "clean coal" technology. The goal of the campaign is to challenge the coal industry to tell the truth behind the technology.

U.S Department of Energy. "EERE: Wind and Hydropower Technologies Program Home Page." Wind & Hydropower Technologies Program. 2 Sept. 2008. 27 Feb. 2009 http://www1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/. This website was created by the United States Department of Energy. The website describes what the government is doing to protect the security and environment of America. The article explains wind and hydropower technologies and future goals for renewable energy.

"10 Next Generation Green Technologies." TIME.com. 04 Mar. 2009 . http://www.time.com This website is made by Time Magazine. Time lists ten new technologies that can produce alternative energy. The website also describes how this sources of energy work, and how they will be used.

"An Introduction to Alternative and Renewable Energy , Inc." Alternative & Renewable Energy - ABS Alaskan. 7 Jan. 2008. 25 Feb. 2009 http://www.absak.com/library/alternative-renewable-energy. This essay deals with alternative energy and its benefits. The author also writes about problems that alternative energy could solve, and limitations that renewable energy could have. The essay also has some special considerations for alaska.

Bradley, Robert L. "Renewable Energy: Not Cheap, Not "Green" The Cato Institute. 27 Aug. 1997. 1 Mar. 2009 http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-280.html. Robert L. Bradley's essay Renewable Energry: Not Cheap, Not "Green" argues against the use of renewable energy in America. The essay includes many examples of how a change of energy sources would negatively impact America. Bradley has statistics and graphs to show his claims.

Lockitch, Keith. "Principles in Practice: Greens Against Renewable Energy." The Objective Standard. 1 Mar. 2009 http://theobjectivestandard.com/blog/2008/08/greens-against-renewable-energy.asp. The Article "Greens Against Renewable Energy" is written by Keith Lockitch. The article explains how environmentalist are now against some forms of renewable energy. Lockitch explains why some enviromentalists views have changed.

Johnson, Keith. "Crude Awakening: Saudi Oil Minister Warns Against Renewable Exuberance - Environmental Capital - WSJ." Blogs - WSJ.com. 19 Feb. 2009. 1 Mar. 2009 http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/02/11/crude-awakening-saudi-oil-minister-warns-against-renewable-exuberance/. This article is about an address that the Saudi Oil Minister gave to Houston oil officials. The Saudi minister warned that a move away from from oil could be dangerous if there was a period where there was not enough investers in oil, and not enough renewable energy to support the world.