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Profiting from Clean Energy: A Complete Guide to Trading Green in Solar, Wind, Ethanol, Fuel Cell, Carbon Credit Industries, and More (Wiley Trading)

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Asplund covers solar, geothermal and wind power, fuel cells, biofuels, clean coal and power efficiency, clean utilities via green pricing, cfl bulbs and energy star programs and biomass, organic matter that was once a living plant or tree or waste matter and either burning or extracting it. He does not cover nuclear, recycling, enviro cleanup, shale.

What's god is that he gives you both the pros and the cons of each type of technology and at times can be very technical in discussing how that particular energy works. He does admit that without governmental incentives, many of these types of clean energy methods are not cost effective, but that is the weak point in this book -- while it is obvious he knows how much subsidies they require and why, he doesn't really let you in on that secret, so as the reviewer from Switzerland noted, Pres Obama is encouraging this (the Solyndra scandal a notable example) we do not know whether that is a good venue for govt dollars vs alternatives. So in effect he downplays the cost effectiveness of each technology. His website does pretty much the same, so in the end this book becomes a cheerleader for Clean Energy and does not truly vet the process.

Also under solar energy, since he is interested in investable companies that are now public, i.e. 2008, he does not mention companies or technologies that are on the horizon that one should watch for perhaps future IPOs, investments, development. Other than that, you can learn allot about what's going on but in this field, and I surely did, but this book is not as definitive as the author proclaims.

I felt this book was long winded and outdated. The website associated with it was also not kept up to date. I was dissapointed.

Clean energy's time has come. President Barack Obama's administration is emphasizing this point and communities worldwide are confirming it. As a result, clean energy research has become one of today's hottest topics, which makes Richard W. Asplund's book especially timely. This comprehensive, scholarly guide teaches investors about the factors that drive the clean energy business. Asplund explains the critical variables of various clean energy resources and identifies major companies in each specialized area. getAbstract recommends this reference work to active, self-guided investors who are interested in exploring clean energy's profit potential. They will appreciate Asplund's valuable research, which includes detailed explanations of green technology innovations and other current industry data.

The author has done an excellent job !!!
This book is very informative and has been very well researched one.
Everything you wanted to know about clean energy is availble her.