From H.W. Wilson's website: Focuses on the topic of the upcoming National High School Policy Debate (an annual tournament involving students nationwide), which questions whether the U.S. federal government should dramatically increase alternative energy incentives.

Part I.Fossil Fools? : Climate Change, Traditional Energy Sources, and Their Drawbacks -- Carbon's new math / Bill McKibben -- Politics of global warming / Thomas Sieger Derr -- Can the United States shed its oil addiction? / Josef Braml -- Geopolitics of natural gas / Michael T Klare -- Old king coal comes back / Jeremy Main -- It's scary, it's expensive, it could save the earth / Charles Petit -- Part II. Good Bye to Gasoline? : Ethanol and Biodiesel -- Is ethanol the answer? / Marianne Lavelle and Bret Schulte -- Price of biofuels / David Rotman -- Fuel for thought / Frances Cerra Whittelsey -- Biodiesel : homegrown oil / Greg Pahl -- Part III. The Sun and the Wind : Renewable Twins? -- Catching the wind / Jim Motavalli -- New and improved wind power / Greg Pahl -- Solar is the solution / Steve Heckeroth -- Reaching for rays / Aimee Cunningham -- Part IV. Hydrogen Revolution : Is It Feasible? -- Hope for hydrogen / Joan Ogden and Daniel Sperling -- Fueling US transportation / Michael K Heiman and Barry D Solomon -- Beyond batteries / Carol Potera -- Part V. Hydroelectric and Wave Power : Viable Alternatives? -- Hydroelectric power / William Arthur Atkins -- Ending a dammed nuisance / Economist -- Homestead hydropower / Steve Maxwell -- Blue power / David C Holzman -- Wave master / Stuart Nathan -- Part VI. Geothermal Energy -- Geothermal energy, power from the underground / James Yearling -- Deep heat / Caroline Williams -- Geothermal technology / Scott Calahan.