Power Surge Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution,9780393311990

Power Surge Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution

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ISBN13: 9780393311990
ISBN10: 0393311996
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1994-09-17
Publisher(s): W. W. Norton & Company
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Summary

The world energy economy is poised for a sweeping shift away from imported oil and environmentally damaging coal during the next few decades, according to the findings in 'Power Surge, ' the latest book from the Worldwatch Institute.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7(4)
Foreword 11(4)
I. Pressures for Change 15(56)
1. Power Shift
17(12)
2. Oil Shock
29(21)
3. Eco Shock
50(21)
II. The New Power Brokers 71(122)
4. Doing More With Less
73(18)
5. Prince of the Hydrocarbons
91(24)
6. Winds of Change
115(17)
7. Heat from the Sun
132(20)
8. Plugging into the Sun
152(22)
9. Plant Power
174(19)
III. Energy in Society 193(74)
10. Reinventing Transportation
195(26)
11. Building for the Future
221(19)
12. Reshaping the Power Industry
240(27)
IV. Energy Futures 267(46)
13. Through the Looking Glass
269(28)
14. Launching the Revolution
297(16)
Notes 313(60)
Index 373

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