Why the Need for Alternate Energy Sources? (pdf)
Total Energy Usage (pdf)
PSE&G Comparison (pdf)
Thoughts on Long Term Energy Supplies (pdf)
Energy Scavenging (pdf)
Basic Choices (pdf)
http://www.energyalternatives.ca/conservation.asp
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0219/p15s01-stss.html
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0401,mbaard,50031,1.html
http://www.sciam.com/search/index.cfm?QT=Q&SC=Q&Q=hydrogen
http://www.physics.uci.edu/~silverma/units.html
http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/ENERGY/
ENERGY_POLICY/tables.html
http://www.aceee.org/consumerguide
http://www.ucsusa.org/CoalvsWind/c01.html
http://www.environmentalleague.org/primer.pdf This primer describes an innovative approach to tax policy called Environmental Tax Shifting (ETS). The basic idea is that rather than raising revenues by taxing activities that we want to encourage or support like income or savings or labor, we would tax things we want to discourage like pollution or waste or sprawl.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/uniqueKeyLookup
/SHSU5BUMXF/$file/guid_doc.pdf?OpenElement State-level policies to control greenhouse gas emissions are essential for mitigating the economic, health, and environmental threats posed by global climate change. States play a crucial role in helping the US as a whole to meet the national pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, the circumstances surrounding climate change creates a complicated and politically volatile situation for policy-makers who must deal with complex and uncertain scientific issues and develop policies that potentially affect multiple economic sectors, including energy, transportation, agriculture, industry, and forestry. This guidance document is intended to help states evaluate these complex issue and develop response strategies that address their distinct situations. EPA's objective is to assist each state in formulating a realistic State Action Plan for addressing greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.awea.org/policy/rpsbrief.html The Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) is a flexible, market-driven policy that can ensure that the public benefits of wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy continue to be recognized as electricity markets become more competitive. The policy ensures that a minimum amount of renewable energy is included in the portfolio of electricity resources serving a state or country, and -- by increasing the required amount over time -- the RPS can put the electricity industry on a path toward increasing sustainability.
http://www.bpu.state.nj.us/bpu/newsroom/news/pdf/20070515.pdf
http://www.pseg.com/customer/home/save/njcleanenergy.jsp