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Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Describes the enviornmental and economic trend away from automobiles with internal combustion engines and introduces cars that use such alternative fuels as electricity, hydraulic energy, hydrogen fuel cells, natural gas, and ethanol.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Max is a loner who drives the roads of the Australian outback on an unending search for gasoline. Fighting against him and the other scraggly defenders of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by The Humungus.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The automobile industry is going through revolutionary changes. The standard petroleum gasoline fueled engine has some new competition from gas-electric hybrids, electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, natural gas vehicles and even some automobiles that get some of their power from the sun. Alternative fuel vehicles produce less harmful emissions and are better for the environment. Many of these fuels can be derived from renew-able resources....
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"People and farm animals make a lot of poop every day. Poop is often an untapped source for energy and fuel. Some people hope it will become popular as a sustainable energy source. Turning Poop Into Power looks at how poop becomes energy and the benefits of using it for heating and electricity." -- From publisher's website.
8) Collapse
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Presents the economic predictions of investigative journalist Michael Ruppert regarding the possible global financial meltdown and major social change that could result if oil dependence continues unabated and prices spike to an unaffordable level.
9) Fuel
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
A powerful portrait of America's overwhelming addiction to, and reliance on, oil. Having been born and raised in one of the USA's most oil-producing regions, Josh Tickell saw firsthand how the industry controls, deceives, and damages the country, its people, and the environment, and after one too many people he know became sick, he knew he just couldn't idly stand by any longer.
Language
English
Description
Investigate some of today's most exciting advances in scientific research.
The science of picky eaters: Neil deGrasse Tyson sets out to find out more about the science of taste, and discovers you can't understand taste without also getting into smell. Just when he thinks he's got it, HHMI scientist Bob Margolskee throws him a curve ball: taste receptors are turning up in parts of the body no one ever imagined finding them!
Smart sea lions & talking...
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Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Monkey wrench blues: A race that could spell life or death for the girl detective! Hinkley is able to build a prototype for a new high-efficiency car based on a recently recovered engine. After seeing Nancy drive a tank and stop a speeding train, he wants her (and mechanic Bess) to drive the prototype in a government-sponsored race. The car with the best fuel efficiency wins a government development contract, money Hinkley and Credo would need to...
14) Wasted!
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"[The film] aims to change the way people buy, cook, recycle, and eat food. Through the eyes of chef-heroes like Anthony Bourdain, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, Massimo Bottura, and Danny Bowien, audiences will see how the world's most influential chefs make the most of every kind of food, transforming what most people consider scraps into incredible dishes that create a more secure food system. [The film] exposes the criminality of food waste and how...
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Language
English
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"Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the perfect car Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary; to others he's a mercurial con artist. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets; his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision...
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