The green detective up the chimney - John Baines

Part of a series which takes a related group of consumer items and examines the environmental issues raised by their production and use. Suggestions for investigative projects enable the reader to become a "green detective". The books introduce readers to the links that can be found between everyday activities and environmental problems on a global scale.;"The Green Detective Up the Chimney" provides an introduction to environmental issues connected with energy use. The author looks at the energy we use each day, including physical energy, and asks questions such as how do we keep warm?, how do we light our homes and drive machinery and what are fossil fuels and how do we use them? With the help of the "green detective", the author explains how energy use is connected to air pollution and why pollution damages the environment. Acid rain, global warming and ozone depletion are discussed in simple language. Readers are encouraged to investigate these issues and the importance of recycling as a means of saving energy is emphasized. The book concludes by looking at the alternatives to burning fossil fuels.