Page 18 RAIN July 1976 Energy Conservation in the Home, a Sunset Magazine do-it-yoµrself building book ,now in the information-gathering stages. Write or call: Holly Lyman or Bob Thompson SUNSET Lane Publishing Co. Willow & Middlefield Rds. Menlo Park, CA 9402 5 415/321-3'600 Looking for literature, bibliographies, experts, manufacturers, individuals who can suggest specific projects that people can do to improve /home energy efficiency, Covers the simple-to-complex in heating, c'ooling, kitchen & ' utility appliances, lighting and recreational energy use after a factual introduction to the energy situation and its economics. Since this will reach a large number of people, you might want to make sure that your organization's doit-yourse_lf info is listed. Energy Essays, by Malcolm Wells,_· 70 pp., illus., $5.95 from: Edmund Scientific 150 Edscorp Bldg. _ Barrington, NJ 0800'7 If you liked Steve Baer's Sunspots, you'll love these "hey, what'd he say" perspectives on such 3rd planet from Sol topics as: ai-r, water, food, waste management, solar energy, miracles and energy-smugness. And you'll ,be glad Gutenburg did it. Dave Deppen says his favorites start on p. 9, 11, 27, 43, 47, 63 and 65. Malcolm is the architect who may know the most in the world about underground energyconserving houses and who brought us the "Wilderness Graph," suggesting man's works ought to at least do as well as a forest (p. 55). Biocon:version Conference Mailing List, for March 10-12, Washington, DC, inquire as to availability and pric.e from: Peter Schauffler, Coordinator ' Bioconversion Conference Washington Center for Metropolitan Affairs 1717 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 202/462-4868 Lists over 150 speakers, panelists, reporters and chairmen and 400 participants by name, title, addr,ess and organization. Extremely useful to anyone looking for people who can answer their questions on all phase~ of bioconvers1on. ENERGY Wind Energy for Human Needs, UCID3724, $5 from: NTIS U.S. Dept. of Commerce Springfield, VA 22161 This 99-page paper, prepared for the Nov. 1974 U.N. Environment Program, concludes that despite historically low ' levels of funding and work in regard to wind energy, "vigorous efforts now would lead to substantial progress in a short time." "Energy, Food and Oceans" Conference, Oct. 5-8, 1976, Texas A&M University, College S~tion, TX; abstracts.of papers should be sent by July 1 to: •M. Spangler, Program Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washi~gton, DC 20555 Atomic Energy Legislation Through 94{h Congress, 1st Session, free from: Chairman Joint Committee on Atomic Energy H-403 Capitol Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 A 552-page cumulative collection of statutes and materials pertaining to atomic energy legislation. Very useful to intervenors, anti-nuclear citizens organizations and energy f~cility siting agencies. Energy Conservation: It's Nature, Hidden Benefits, and Hidden Barriers, UCID-3725, 92 pp., $5 from: NTIS U.S. Dept. of Commerce Springfield, VA 22161 Discusses "hidden benefits"-such as higher total employment, less pollution, lower demand for capital and hence lower interest rates-and "hidden barriers"-sud{ as igi;iorance of energy's role in economic processes, lack of detailed·information about individual energy ·sys.terns or options, inelasticity of demand b~ users. Fast Breeder Reac_tor: Analysis of Limits and Limits of Analysis_, by Mark Sharefkin, single copies free from: , Chairman Joint Economic Committee U.S. Congress Washington, DC 20510 This new Congressional study, prepared (or the JEC, is-calling for a delay in the multi-million dollar breeder reactor program. The report disputes the two primary arguments supporting rapid development of the LMFBR: (1) di- ) minish1ng uranium supplies and (2) sharply rising demands for energy. Rather than energy growth rates of 7% per year projected by governrn,ent studies. Sharefkin foresees electricity growth rates beyond 1980 being closer to 2%. He also notes that uranium reserves may have been greatly underestimated. The Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor: An Economic Analysis by Brian G. Chow, 76 pp., $3 from: • American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 1150 17th St., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 The book disputes government assertions tha:t the breeder reactor can provide an overall saving in electric generat:- ing costs. An incisive study of the costbenefit analyses that have previously supported the development of the LFMBR program, the report concludes that future energy demand is overstated, uranium resources are under-estimated, and program costs for the LFMBR are too low. Solar Age, monthly, $20/year, 12 issues, from: Solar Age Rt. 515, Box 288 Vernon, NJ 07462 201/764-4082 Edited by Sandra Oddo and Bruce Anderson of TEA (Total Environmental Action), after 3 'issues S.A. seems to have what a solar magazine should: the understanding that wind and bioconversion are "solar" as they are solar-derived, . an excellent editorial advisory board of familiar names (Dubin·, Fi3-rber, Kreider, Kreith, Meyer, Rittelmann, Wright), under_standable Capitol-Hill legislative coverage, attention to energy conservation and storage since these help all renewable energy sources, and a refreshing optimism that we can not only make the necessary transition to a new solarbased society and lifestyle ... but that it w.ill be a gas. Now if only they don't again waste copper film to produce Madison Ave. "groovy" front covers. Ask for a sample copy.
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