Power to the people : how the coming energy revolution will transform an industry, change our lives, and maybe even save the planet
Title:
Power to the people : how the coming energy revolution will transform an industry, change our lives, and maybe even save the planet
Author:
Vaitheeswaran, Vijay V., 1969-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2003]
©2003
Physical Description:
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction : the coming energy revolution -- Market forces : the invisible hand ascendant. Micropower: Thomas Edison's dream revived -- Enron vs. Exxon, or, the sleeping giants awaken -- Why California went B.A.N.A.N.A.s -- Oil, the most dangerous addiction -- Environmental pressures : the green dilemma. Welcome to global weirding -- Clearing the air -- Adam Smith meets Rachel Carson -- Energy technology : bigger than the Internet. The future of fuel cells -- Rocket science saves the oil industry -- A renaissance for nuclear power? -- Micropower meets village power -- Epilogue : the future's a gas.
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol032/2003006985.html
ISBN:
9780374236755
Format :
Book
