The first Apollo Project -- 1. A new Apollo Project for energy -- Global warming comes to the White House, or doesn't -- Ten energy enlightenments -- 2. Reinventing the car -- Becoming Mahatma -- 3. Waking up to the new solar dawn -- When energy markets go wrong : surviving Enron -- 4. Energy efficiency : the distributed power of democracy -- Green-collar jobs : from the South Bronx to Oakland -- 5. Reenergizing our communities, one project at a time -- "We don't need oil" -- 6. Homegrown energy -- Wild energy : false starts on the road to success -- 7. Sailing in a sea of energy -- A mind opened about mined coal -- 8. Can coal or nuclear be part of the solution? -- The Apollo Alliance : new coalitions for change -- 9. What's it going to take? -- A tale of two presidents -- 10. An American energy policy -- Placing out bets on a new Apollo Project -- Lessons of the mimosa tree -- Stories from the field -- Epilogue : launching Apollo.