Our existent electric utility industry and powersupply and deliverance schemes are woefully outdated. Indeed, the existent powergrid we use today uses 100-year-old technology! This book lays out the possible blueprints for a greener future in a way that will engage middle school learners, enabling students and teachers to explore the emergent energy technologies that could become the future of our electrical supply system.
In Part 1 of Green Electricity: 25 Green Technologies That Will Electrify Your Future, the author describes the amazing patchwork of 1,300 power plants and over 5 million miles of wire that incorporate our national grid and reveals the environmental damages it produces. Part 2 examines the 25 leading ecofriendly contenders to modernize and replace our current grid, describing each proposed engineering and how it works. Other applicable info is likewise provided, such as a qualitative assessment of the pluses, minuses, and limitations of each system, and an assessment of that technology’s potential to bestow to our future electrical appetite.
About the AuthorKendall Haven, MS, is a exploration scientist, a professional storyteller, a presenter of storytelling and writing workshops, and a West Point graduate. He has authored 30 books, including Libraries Unlimited’s 100 Greatest Science Inventions of All Time and Crash Course in Storytelling, as well as Great Moments in Science: Experiments and Readers Theatre and Story Proof: The Science behind the Startling Power of Story.
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