The end of energy : the unmaking of America's environment, security, and independence / Michael J. Graetz.
2011
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Author
Title
The end of energy : the unmaking of America's environment, security, and independence / Michael J. Graetz.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Call Number
HD9502.U52 G685 2011
ISBN
9780262015677 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0262015676 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0262015676 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
x, 369 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)666573631
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Prologue: The Journey
1
1.
A "New Economic Policy"
9
2.
Losing Control over Oil
21
3.
The Environment Moves Front and Center
41
4.
No More Nuclear
61
5.
The Changing Face of Coal
79
6.
Natural Gas and the Ability to Price
97
7.
The Quest for Alternatives and to Conserve
117
8.
A Crisis of Confidence
137
9.
The End of an Era
147
10.
Climate Change, a Game Changer
155
11.
Shock to Trance: The Power of Price
179
12.
The Invisible Hand? Regulation and the Rise of Cap and Trade
197
13.
Government for the People? Congress and the Road to Reform
217
14.
Disaster in the Gulf
249
Key Energy Data
265
1.
Crude Oil Prices
265
2.
U.S. Petroleum Production and Net Imports
266
3.
U.S. Petroleum Imports by Country of Origin
267
4.
U.S. Net Electricity Generation by Energy Source
268
5.
Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sector, 2008
269
Chronology
271
Bibliographic Essay
279
Index
355