The Resource Before the lights go out : conquering the energy crisis before it conquers us, Maggie Koerth-Baker
Before the lights go out : conquering the energy crisis before it conquers us, Maggie Koerth-Baker
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- Summary
- "This text argues we're not going to solve the energy problem by convincing everyone to live like it's 1900 because that's not a good thing. Instead of reverting to the past, we have to build a future where we get energy from new places, use it in new ways, and do more with less. Clean coal? Natural gas? Nuclear? Electric cars? We'll need them all. When you look at the numbers, you'll find that we'll still be using fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables for decades to come. Looks at new battery technology, smart grids, passive buildings, decentralized generation, clean coal, and carbon sequestration. These are buzzwords now, but they'll be a part of your world soon. For many people, they already are"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Before the lights go out : conquering the energy crisis before it conquers us
- Title
- Before the lights go out
- Title remainder
- conquering the energy crisis before it conquers us
- Statement of responsibility
- Maggie Koerth-Baker
- Subject
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- trueEnergy development
- trueRenewable energy sources
- trueNature Writing -- Environmental Issues
- trueEnergy conservation
- trueEnergy policy
- Energy development -- United States
- trueEnergy consumption -- United States
- Energy policy -- United States
- trueEnergy consumption
- Renewable energy sources -- United States
- Energy conservation -- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This text argues we're not going to solve the energy problem by convincing everyone to live like it's 1900 because that's not a good thing. Instead of reverting to the past, we have to build a future where we get energy from new places, use it in new ways, and do more with less. Clean coal? Natural gas? Nuclear? Electric cars? We'll need them all. When you look at the numbers, you'll find that we'll still be using fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables for decades to come. Looks at new battery technology, smart grids, passive buildings, decentralized generation, clean coal, and carbon sequestration. These are buzzwords now, but they'll be a part of your world soon. For many people, they already are"--
- Summary
- "This text argues we're not going to solve the energy problem by convincing everyone to live like it's 1900 because that's not a good thing. Instead of reverting to the past, we have to build a future where we get energy from new places, use it in new ways, and do more with less. Clean coal? Natural gas? Nuclear? Electric cars? We'll need them all. When you look at the numbers, you'll find that we'll still be using fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables for decades to come. Looks at new battery technology, smart grids, passive buildings, decentralized generation, clean coal, and carbon sequestration. These are buzzwords now, but they'll be a part of your world soon. For many people, they already are"--
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- 10114249
- Cataloging source
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- 1981-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Koerth-Baker, Maggie
- Dewey number
- 333.790973
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Renewable energy sources
- Energy development
- Energy consumption
- Energy conservation
- Energy policy
- Target audience
- adult
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- conquering the energy crisis before it conquers us
- Label
- Before the lights go out : conquering the energy crisis before it conquers us, Maggie Koerth-Baker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 2011043334
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 290 p.
- Isbn
- 9780470876251
- Lccn
- 2011043334
- Label
- Before the lights go out : conquering the energy crisis before it conquers us, Maggie Koerth-Baker
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 2011043334
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 290 p.
- Isbn
- 9780470876251
- Lccn
- 2011043334
Subject
- trueEnergy conservation
- Energy conservation -- United States
- trueEnergy consumption
- trueEnergy consumption -- United States
- trueEnergy development
- Energy development -- United States
- trueEnergy policy
- Energy policy -- United States
- trueNature Writing -- Environmental Issues
- trueRenewable energy sources
- Renewable energy sources -- United States
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