Fossil Fuel Power
New York : PowerKids Press, 2012.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm.
Describes fossil fuels, including oil, natural gas, and coal; discusses how they are turned into fuel and electricity, and discusses the environmental effects of using fossil fuels.
Series: Let's discuss energy resources.
Contents:
Fossil fuels as an energy resource -- What is coal? -- Oil and gas -- How power stations work -- Using oil for transport -- How do fossil fuels affect the atmosphere? -- How fossil fuels affect health -- How do fossil fuels affect land and sea? -- The price of fossil fuels -- Finding more fossil fuels -- Cutting harmful gases -- Reducing fossil fuel use -- The future for fossil fuel power.
Subjects:
Fossil fuels -- Juvenile literature.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Fossil fuels -- Juvenile literature.
Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
9781448852611 (lib. bdg.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C SCIENCE Conserve Energy Spi | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's NonFiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.