Exploring the lost history of biofuels and renewable energy -- wkovarik@radford.edu

WATER
SOLAR
WIND

EOTECHNIC
Wood & water
Passive solar
Wind mills

PALEO-TECHNIC
Farm ethanol
Hydroelectric
Solar thermal
Wind power

NEOTECHNIC
Flex fuels
Ocean energy
Photovoltaics
Distributed systems
wkovarik@radford.edu   Postscript

Based on Lewis Mumford's eras of technology. Note that Mumford's examples included eotechnic wind and water, but that most examples are proposed by the author.
These pages are preliminary sketches for a book and a museum exhibit on the History of Renewable Energy.

NPR story about biofuels