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The end of energy : the unmaking of America's environment, security, and independence
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The end of energy : the unmaking of America's environment, security, and independence

Author: Michael J Graetz
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Americans take for granted that when we flip a switch the light will go on, and when we pull up to the pump gas will be plentiful and relatively cheap. Here, Michael Graetz shows us that we have been living an energy delusion for forty years. Until the 1970s, we produced domestically all the oil we needed. Since then, we have had to import most of the oil we use, and we rely on an even dirtier fuel--coal--to produce  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael J Graetz
ISBN: 9780262015677 0262015676
OCLC Number: 666573631
Description: x, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: A "new economic policy" --
Losing control over oil --
The environment moves front and center --
No more nuclear --
The changing face of coal --
Natural gas and the ability to price --
The quest for alternatives and to conserve --
A crisis of confidence --
The end of an era --
Climate change : a game changer --
Shock to trance : the power of price --
The invisible hand : regulation and the rise of cap and trade --
Government for the people : Congress and the road to reform --
Disaster in the Gulf --
Key energy data. Crude oil prices ; U.S. petroleum production and net imports ; U.S. petroleum imports by country of origin ; U.S. net electricity generation by energy source ; Carbon dioxide emissions by sector, 2008 --
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Responsibility: Michael J. Graetz.

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Forty years of energy incompetence: villains, failures of leadership, and missed opportunities.  Read more...
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"The tangled history of energy policy is admirably described in the new book by legal scholar Michael Graetz, The End of Energy... As will be clear, I largely agree with Graetz's conclusion... Read more...

 
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