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Unit 10: Energy Challenges // Section 16: Further Reading

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Further Reading

"Fuel Cells: Collecting History with the Worldwide Web," Smithsonian Institution, http://americanhistory.si.edu/fuelcells/intro.htm. An online project documenting the development of fuel cells, with descriptions and diagrams of many fuel cell technologies.

National Research Council and National Academy of Engineering, The Hydrogen Economy: Opportunities, Costs, Barriers, and R&D Needs (Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2001). A broad assessment of issues involved in making a 50-year transition to a hydrogen economy in the United States.

Michelle Nijhuis, "Selling the Wind," Audubon, September/October 2006. Expanding wind power is a balancing act between energy concerns and ecosystem protection.

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