Includes index.

Chapter 1. Heating with Wood, Corn, and Coal -- Energy, Power, and Heat -- Wood Stove -- Pellet Stoves and Furnaces -- Corn Stoves and Furnaces -- Coal Stoves -- Chapter 2. Heating with Oil and Gas -- Forced-Air Heating -- Boilers, Radiators, and Subflooring -- Oilheat Technology -- Methane (Natural Gas) Heating -- Propane Heating -- Chapter 3. Heating and Cooling with Electricity -- Temperature -- Electric Resistance Heating -- Principles of Cooling -- Electric Heat Pumps -- Chapter 4. Passive Solar Heating -- Sunnyside Glass -- Thermal Mass -- Solar Water Heating -- Sidehill Construction -- Chapter 5. Exotic Indoor Climate-Control Methods -- Direct Wind-Powered Climate Control -- Direct Hydroelectric Climate Control -- Direct Photovoltaic Climate Control -- Thermal-Mass Cooling -- Evaporative Cooling -- Subterranean Living -- Chapter 6. Conventional Propulsion -- Gasoline Motor Vehicles -- Petroleum Diesel Motor Vehicles -- Conventional Jet Propulsion -- Conventional Rocket Propulsion -- Chapter 7. Propulsion with Methane, Propane, and Biofuels -- Methane for Propulsion -- Propane for Propulsion -- Ethanol for Propulsion -- Biodiesel for Propulsion -- Chapter 8. Propulsion with Electricity, Hydrogen, and Fuel Cells -- Electric Vehicles -- Hybrid Electric Vehicles -- Hydrogen-Fueled Vehicles -- Fuel-Cell Vehicles -- Chapter 9. Exotic Propulsion Methods -- Magnetic Levitation -- Maglev Train -- Nuclear-Powered Ship -- Ion Rocket -- Fusion Spacecraft Engines -- Solar Sail -- Chapter 10. Electricity from Fossil Fuels -- Coal-Fired Power Plants -- Oil-Fired Power Plants -- Methane-Fired Power Plants -- Onsite Combustion Generators -- Chapter 11. Electricity from Water and Wind -- Large- and Medium-Scale Hydropower -- Small-Scale Hydropower -- Tidal-Electric Power -- Wave-Electric Power -- Large-Scale Wind Power -- Small-Scale Wind Power -- Chapter 12. Electricity from Atoms and the Sun -- Atoms -- Power from Uranium Fission -- Power from Hydrogen Fusion -- Photovoltaics -- Large-Scale PV Systems -- Small-Scale PV Systems -- Chapter 13. Exotic Electrification Methods -- Geothermal Power -- Biomass Power -- Small-Scale Fuel-Cell Power -- Aeroelectric Power -- Final Exam -- Appendix. Suggested Additional Reading.