Energy Resources sets the standard as the most comprehensive investigation about how we acquire and use the natural resources that power our modern world. Coal, petroleum, methane, uranium, biomass,... More > water, wind, geothermal and sunlight are all considered in a deliberate and highly accessible chapter-by-chapter examination. The text’s goal is simple, to empower us to become informed energy consumers.
Energy Resources provides a balanced examination of all our resources. It recognizes that every energy resource has virtues and vices, and that humanity’s ever-growing demand for energy will be satisfied with a multitude of resource solutions. The text is richly illustrated with hundreds of photographs and illustrations from prominent energy producers and regulatory agencies.< Less
Bridget Hall is a driven & successful entrepreneur running a non-profit company named the Coffee Exchange Alliance. She’s trying to establish a fair-trade business presence on the island of... More > Salavandra, but must overcome the corrupt Minister of Agriculture, Rafael Gallegos, who profits by marginalizing the island’s farmers and smuggling coffee to Jamaica. Bridget tackles personal and professional challenges on Salavandra that ultimately shake her belief in the choices she’s made in life as well as in her self-appointed role as savior of the island’s coffee farmers.< Less
Salavandra is an isolated Caribbean island. Its products (coffee, lumber and flowers) are controlled by Penkava Inc., a New York based multinational commodity corporation. After discovering that... More > Penkava is responsible for his father's death, as well as the abysmal working conditions on the island, coffee farmer Antonio Richards ignites a revolution in the midst of a harvest season. Branding his infant insurgency The United Front for the Liberation of Salavandra (UFLS), he begins fighting the unbridled capitalistic forces controlling his country.< Less
Bridget Hall is a driven & successful entrepreneur running a non-profit company named the Coffee Exchange Alliance. She’s trying to establish a fair-trade business presence on the island of... More > Salavandra, but must overcome the corrupt Minister of Agriculture, Rafael Gallegos, who profits by marginalizing the island’s farmers and smuggling coffee to Jamaica. Bridget tackles personal and professional challenges on Salavandra that ultimately shake her belief in the choices she’s made in life as well as in her self-appointed role as savior of the island’s coffee farmers.< Less
Salavandra is an isolated Caribbean island. Its products—coffee, lumber and flowers—are controlled by Penkava Inc., a New York based multinational commodity corporation. After discovering... More > that Penkava is responsible for his father’s death, as well as the abysmal working conditions on the island, coffee farmer Antonio Richards ignites a revolution in the midst of a harvest season. Branding his infant insurgency The United Front for the Liberation of Salavandra (UFLS), he begins fighting the unbridled capitalistic forces controlling his country.< Less
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