Resources

Books: General Resources on Energy

• Bird, K.J., 1989, North American fossil fuels, pp. 555 - 574, in: A. W. Bally, & A. R. Palmer (eds.), The Geology of North America—An Overview, The Geology of North America, vol. A, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.
• Duggan-Haas, D., R. M. Ross, & W. D. Allmon, 2013, The Science Beneath the Surface: A Very Short Guide to the Marcellus Shale. Paleontological Research Institution (Special Publication 43), Ithaca, NY, 252 pp.
• Hinrichs, R., & M. H. Kleinbach, 2012, Energy: Its Use and the Environment, 5th edition, Thomson, Brooks/Cole, Belmont, CA, 640 pp.
• Nye, D. E., 1998, Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, Cambridge, MA, 331 pp.
• Richards, J., 2009, Wind Energy, Macmillan Library, South Yarra, Victoria, Canada, 32 pp. (For primary school age.)
• Smil, V., 2006, Energy: A Beginner’s Guide, Oneworld, Oxford, UK, 181 pp.
• Smil, V., 2010, Energy Myths and Realities: Bringing Science To the Energy Policy Debate, AEI Press, Washington, DC, 213 pp.
• Wohletz, K., & G. Heiken, 1992, Volcanology and Geothermal Energy, University of California Press, Berkeley.

Websites: General Resources on Energy

• American Association of Petroleum Geology (AAPG).
• Energy Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Energy Education, at Energy.gov.
• History of Energy Use in the United States, by Hobart King at Geology.com.
• Renewable and Alternative Fuels, US Energy Information Administration.
• State-by-state CO2 Emissions Data From Fossil Fuel Combustion.
• US Department of Energy (DOE).
• US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
• US Energy Information Administration (EIA), by state.
• US Geological Survey Energy Resources Program.

Energy Resources in the Western US

• California Renewable Energy Overview and Programs, California Energy Commission.
• Houseknecht, D. W., & K. J. Bird, 2005, Oil and Gas Resources of the Arctic Alaska Petroleum Province, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1732 - A, .
• McDonnell, T., 2013, Washington Is Outdoing California and Texas in Renewable Energy—Renewable Energy Consumption by State.
• ODOE: Renewable Energy, Oregon Department of Energy.
• Phelan, S., 2013, How the Monterey Shale Came to Be, Bay Nature: Exploring Nature in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Rintoul, W., 1990, Drilling Through Time: 75 Years With California's Division of Oil and Gas, California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil and Gas, Sacramento, 178 pp.
• Smith, T., 2013, Alaska north slope: source rocks hold promise, GEoExPro, 10(3).