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
Отрывок из книги
Harper Press
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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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