Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells – Our Ride to the Renewable Future

Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells – Our Ride to the Renewable Future
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Amanda Little. Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells – Our Ride to the Renewable Future

Power Trip. From Oil Wells to Solar Cells–Our Ride to the Renewable Future. Amanda Little

Table of Contents

Introduction Confessions of a Petroleum Addict

One. LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF OIL

1 Over a Barrel THE BOOM AND BUST OF AMERICA’S DOMESTIC OIL EMPIRE

INTO THE DEEP

PRESSURE POINTS

FINAL FRONTIER

BLACK GOLD RUSH

OIL AND TROUBLE

THE FIRST TYCOON

BUSTED

FATEFUL PLUNGE

GREASING PALMS

INDEPENDENCE DAY

2 War and Grease HOW OIL BUILT AND SUSTAINS A MILITARY SUPERPOWER

GREENER BERETS

OILS OF WAR

THE KINGDOM

ARABIAN KNIGHT

LIFELINE

EMBARGOED

STORMY DESERT

THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE GREEN

TRUE COST

THE PATRIOT

3 Road Hogs WHY A HUNDRED YEARS OF JOYRIDING HAS US RUNNING ON EMPTY

PIT STOP

REBEL HEARTS

AMERICA’S TOP MODEL

CHROME SWEET CHROME

ROAD SCHOLAR

LITTLE BOXES

DERAILED

IT’S A SPRAWL WORLD

ROAD WORRIERS

4 Plastic Explosive FROM BAGGIES TO BOOB JOBS—OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH SYNTHETICS

MODERN ALCHEMY

WEIRD SCIENCE

THE BODY SHOP

SILICONE VALLEYS

A STAR IS BORN

PARTY TIME

PLASTIC GOES POP

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

BOTTLED UP

BUCKETS AND JEWELS

5 Cooking Oil HOW FOSSIL FUELS FEED THE WORLD (AND ENERGY SHORTAGES COULD STARVE IT)

LOST IN A MAIZE

FERTILITY TREATMENTS

POPULATION BOMB

SEEDS OF CHANGE

BIG BUTZ

ZONED OUT

FULL PLATE

6 Chain of Fuels THE STORY OF A 20,000-MILE SPINACH SALAD

CONSIDER THE BANANA

THE WRITING IS ON THE WAL-MART

LITTLE LOAF, WHO MADE THEE?

TRADE WINS

SHIPSHAPE

CLOSER TO HOME

SUPPLY CHANGE

7 Short Circuits WHY A HIGH-TECH SUPERPOWER HAS A THIRD-WORLD GRID

DIM LIGHTS, BIG CITY

THE WIRES

GOING UNDER

WATT IN THE WORLD

PLANTING BULBS

CURRENT AFFAIRS

SMOKE ON THE WATER

POWER STRUGGLE

GRIDLOCK

GET SMARTER

CHAINED LIGHTNING

Two GREENER PASTURES

8 Earth, Wind, and Fire HOW RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL DETHRONE THE POWERS THAT BE

WAR WITHOUT GUNS

BLOWIN’ IN THE WIND

TELLTALE SIGNS

THE COLOR OF MONEY

SOMETHING VENTURED

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

GOOD DAY, SUNSHINE

HOT HOT HOT

ON WITH THE WIND

WAVES OF THE FUTURE

POWER OF ONE

THE MEANING OF CLEAN

THE ROAD AHEAD

SIMPLE GIFTS

9 Autopia DETROIT DOES THE ELECTRIC SLIDE

OIL CHANGE

BRIDGING THE GAP

CAR HACKERS

WHEELS OF FORTUNE

BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED

INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY

V2G

MAIDEN CHINA

PILOT PLANT

BIG WHEELS KEEP ON TURNING

INTERSTATE 2.0

10 City, Slicker BUILDING ENERGY-SMART HOMES AND THE CITIES OF TOMORROW

TOWER OF POWER

ART IMITATES NATURE

GREEN DIVIDENDS

HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

ALL TOGETHER NOW

SPRAWL REVERSAL

DO THE LOCOMOTIVE

TOMORROWLAND

THE RIGHT TRACK

11 Fresh Greens NOT YOUR GRANDMA’S ECO-MOVEMENT MEET THE NEW PIONEERS

WE THE PEOPLE

DREAM REBORN

GREEN OLD PARTY

HIGHER POWER

COMMON PURPOSE

REGENERATION

MORNING IN AMERICA

Notes

1. Over a Barrel

2. War and Grease

3. Road Hogs

4. Plastic Explosive

5. Cooking Oil

6. Chain of Fuels

7. Short Circuits

8. Earth, Wind, and Fire

9. Autopia

10. City, Slicker

11. Fresh Greens

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Praise

Copyright

About the Publisher

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Harper Press

Title Page

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Growth was haphazard, poorly planned. Trees were clear-cut from hillsides to provide wood for derricks and shack housing, the soil beneath them eroding in avalanches of mud during heavy rains. Relentless mule, wagon, and foot traffic turned dirt roads into impassable swamps. The mire had to be covered with wood planks so that roustabouts wouldn’t drown. Here’s one author’s description of a boomtown known as Oil City that captures the squalor surrounding the wildcatter’s existence:

Oil City, with its one long crooked and bottomless street. Oil City, with its dirty houses, greasy plank sidewalks, and fathomless mud. Oil City, where horsemen ford [sic] the street in four to five feet of liquid filth, and inhabitants wear knee-boots as part of indoor equipment. Where weary travelers consider themselves blessed if they can secure their claim to six feet of floor for the night…

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