Energy Hotlist

Energy Hotlist
An Internet Hotlist on Energy

created by Jane Orbuch
San Lorenzo Valley High School

Introduction
In addition to using books and magazines to find out about Energy, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

Smart Energy Summer--Sierra Club - Efficiency, Renewables, Clean Cars, Nuclear Energy, Cool Cities, Coal

Energy Audit

Appliance Wattage -
Appliance Wattage chart -
Calculate your Power Needs - Appliance wattage
Energy Advisor: Home Energy Saver - Estimate your home's energy cost from Lawrence Livermore Lab
Energy Calculators and Software-Dept of Energy -
Energy Guide--smart energy choices - Your unbiased advice about today's energy choices. Lower your bills, avoid confusion, and help the earth's environment.
Glossary of Energy Terminology -
Home Energy Saver - the first web based do it yourself energy audit tool
Home Energy Saver: Energy Star Labeled Residential Products -
Household Wattages -
Lowering Cost of Play - Improving Energy Efficiency of Video Game Consoles
Roofing Calculator -

Renewables

2006 Annual Report on US Wind Power--Dept Energy -
Beyond Fossil Fuels - Roadmap to energy independence by 2040
Building Green -
Kilowatt Ours--A plan to reenergiz America -
Learning About Renewable Energy - Biomass, geothermal, solar, wind, advanced vehicles and fuels.
Pickens Plan - Energy Independence
Renewable Energy: Dept of Energy - Biomass, geothermal, hydrogen, hydropower, ocean energy, solar, wind
Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory -
Skypower: Joe Jordan's Web site -
Solar Mike -
Solazyme--biofuel producers -
Teach Biofuels -
The Oil Depletion Protocol_A Plan for Sensible Energy Future -
the Carbohydrate Economy, Biofuels and the Net Energy Debate -
the Energetics of Ethanol-An introduction and link to studies -

Conventional

Adventures in Energy - Oil and natural gas
American Petroleum Institute -
Big Oil Can't Get Enough: Lease maps -
Blacktides: A timeline - Oil spills
Burning the Future: Coal in America - DVD and info
Chevron EnergyVille Game -
Coal Impoundments, West Virginia - Mountain top Removal
Coal Plant Virtual tour -
End Mountain Top Removal - Google Earth
Get Energized - BLM site to foster greater understanding of energy and importance of public lands to meeting our energy needs.
Great Point Energy - green coal gasification
Liquid Coal Animation -
Virtual Oil well - an oil exploration game
World Without Oil - Online game

Lighting

Green Tech

Green Technolog Webblog -

Oil Spills

S.2699--Double Hull tanker bill-2008 -

Content by Jane Orbuch, jorbuch@slvhs.slv.k12.ca.us
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listenergyja.html
Last revised Sat Jan 3 12:09:04 US/Pacific 2009