Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Conservation and Energy Alternatives: Powering the Future

Conservation and Energy Alternatives: Powering the Future

Destabilization in the Middle East and concerns over global warming are heating up the national dialogue on how America intends to power itself into the future. In segment one of this NewsHour program, Michael Marvin, of the Council for Sustainable Energy; Dan Reicher, of the World Resources Institute; Myron Ebell, of the Competitive Enterprise Group; and Herbert Inhaber, author of Why Energy Conservation Fails, consider the big picture. Then, segment two narrows the focus to wind power: improvements in wind farm technology, government incentives and legislation, and rising consumer demand. Drawbacks such as the unpredictability of wind are also considered. (30 minutes)

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Item#: BVL29354
Copyright date: ©2001
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-4260-9
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-4051-7


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