This is the most informative book ever written about energy independence. It covers bio fuels, wind energy, solar energy, electric plug in cars and hybrid cars. You will feel like an expert when you are done with this book. At least be able to hold your own in a good conversation.
The Manhattan Project of 2009 by Jeff Wilson
I just read this eyeopening book about the world's energy crisis and our overdependence on fossil fuels.

This is kind of like a handbook of sorts with hard factual statistics and an easy to understand step by step explaniation of every source of energy including oil.
Worldwide we are consuming oil at twice the rate new oil is being discovered.
Oil is a finite source of energy yet we have done little to prepare for its depletion.
http://www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com/
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Its all a con
Free energy has been around for the last hundred years, but suppressed by the oil money.
http://waterpoweredcar.com/teslascar.html
The electric car con
Have you seen Oscars's blog on this site: Kill the Car or Kill Us ?
Sally Rose