"In these handsome titles in the Worlds of Wonder series, the focus is on what's happening now--both in science and technology and in economics and politics. With a chatty, interactive text, clear type, and color photos or drawings on every double-page spread, Powering the Future discusses how the age of fossil fuels is ending and looks at new alternatives, including solar, wind, and geothermal energy, with arguments for and against nuclear power, its history, and the troubling questions about the safety of radioactive fuel and waste....Conservation is front and center throughout, and middle- and high-school researchers will appreciate learning more about the big picture as well as reading the personal profiles and suggestions for individual lifestyle changes."—Booklist