text The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future
- Summary
- "The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that ... Read more
- Contents
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The way of the wind -- How the grid got its wires -- The consolidation of power -- The cardigan path -- Things fall apart -- Two birds, one stone -- A tale of two storms -- In search of the Holy Grail -- American zeitgeist -- Afterword: Contemplating death in the afternoon.
- Format
- text
- Description
- xxx, 352 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury USA, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2016
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Library | Location | Status |
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TADL-WOOD | 333 BAK in Adult Non-fiction | Checked out (Due: 2024-05-08) |
Electric power systems Technological innovations United States
Electric power distribution United States History
Clean energy United States
Electric power failures United States
Energy policy Social aspects United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Electrical
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General
SCIENCE / Electricity
Clean energy
Electric power distribution
Electric power failures
Electric power systems Technological innovations
Energy policy Social aspects
United States
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