Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Gasohol -- Solar thermal, windpower, and photovoltaic technologies -- Electricity from coal -- Controlling acid rain from coal-fired power plants -- Greenhouse gases and global warming -- Nuclear power and its fuel cycle -- Managing nuclear waste -- Nuclear power and weapons proliferation -- Natural gas -- Safety and risk: examples from the liquefied natural gas and nuclear industries -- Synthetic fuels -- Fuel cells for automobiles -- Energy models and statistics -- The government's role in innovation -- Conclusions.

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