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Power trip : from oil wells to solar cells - our ride to the renewable future / Amanda Little

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Harper, [2009]Description: xvii, 446 pages : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061353253
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.790973
Contents:
Introduction : confessions of a petroleum addict
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of oil : the story of the American century
Over a barrel : the boom and bust of America's domestic oil empire
War and grease : how oil built and sustains a military superpower
Road hogs : why a hundred years of joyriding has us running on empty
Plastic explosive : from Baggies to boob jobs : our love affair with synthetics
Cooking oil : how fossil fuels feed the world (and energy shortages could starve it)
Chain of fuels : the story of a 20,000-mile spinach salad
Short circuits : why a high-tech superpower has a third-world grid
Greener pastures : the dawn of the new energy era
Earth, wind, and fire : how renewable energy will dethrone the powers that be
Autopia : Detroit does the electric slide
City, slicker : building energy-smart homes and the cities of tomorrow
Fresh greens : not your grandma's eco-movement : meet the new pioneers
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Book Book Greater Project 4 Branch Reference Section Circulation C 333.790973 L778p 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 120337d

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-432) and index.

Introduction : confessions of a petroleum addict

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of oil : the story of the American century

Over a barrel : the boom and bust of America's domestic oil empire

War and grease : how oil built and sustains a military superpower

Road hogs : why a hundred years of joyriding has us running on empty

Plastic explosive : from Baggies to boob jobs : our love affair with synthetics

Cooking oil : how fossil fuels feed the world (and energy shortages could starve it)

Chain of fuels : the story of a 20,000-mile spinach salad

Short circuits : why a high-tech superpower has a third-world grid

Greener pastures : the dawn of the new energy era

Earth, wind, and fire : how renewable energy will dethrone the powers that be

Autopia : Detroit does the electric slide

City, slicker : building energy-smart homes and the cities of tomorrow

Fresh greens : not your grandma's eco-movement : meet the new pioneers

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