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, Energy.gov.
• History of Energy Use in the United States, Hobart King, Geology.com.
• Renewable and Alternative Fuels, US Energy Information Administration.
• State-by-state CO₂ Emissions Data From Fossil Fuel Combustion.
• State-level Energy-related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2011, Independent Statistics and Analysis, US Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2014.
• 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 South Central US

• For detailed production and capacity data for power plants, see the interactive map.
• Boyd, D.T. 2008. Oil and gas production and facilities in Oklahoma. Oklahoma Geological Survey, Educational Publication 9.
• Nester, P. 2002. Is there oil in your backyard? The South Central US. In: The World of Oil: Oil in Your Backyard.
• Nester, P. 2002 Spindletop, Texas. In: The World of Oil: History of Oil.
• Newell, K. D., R. S. Sawin, & L. L. Brady. 2012. Natural gas from coal in eastern Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Public Information Circular 19, 4 pp.
• US Department of Energy, Renewable Energy Production by State, Energy.gov.
• Suchy, D. R., & D. Newell. 2012. Hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells in Kansas. Kansas Geological Survey Public Information Circular 32, 6 pp.