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Author
Publisher
New Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In a world torn apart by wars over oil, politicians have stepped up their search for alternative energy sources-and their leading choice is nuclear energy. But nuclear energy's popularity as a green alternative is based on misinformation. People claim that nuclear-powered electricity does not cause global warming or pollution, that it is inexpensive, and that it is safe. These claims, as Helen Caldicott demonstrates, are untrue.
In Nuclear Power...
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In Panic at the Pump, Meg Jacobs shows how a succession of crises beginning with the 1973 Arab oil embargo prompted American politicians to seek energy independence, and how their failure to do so shaped the world we live in. When the crisis hit, the Democratic Party was divided, with older New Deal liberals who prized access to affordable energy squaring off against young environmentalists who pushed for conservation. Meanwhile, conservative Republicans...
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Global climate change? We can stop it. Addiction to oil?
We can replace it. Technological innovation? We can create it. But we can't wait twenty, thirty, or fifty years. Bill Richardson launched his campaign for the presidency to remind the American people--and their representatives in Washington, that we know how to get things done. We need to end our dependence on oil, and we need to do it yesterday.
This isn't something that's going to happen...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Petroleum is so deeply entrenched in our economy, politics, and daily lives that even modest efforts to phase it out, are fought tooth and nail. Companies and governments depend on oil revenues. Developing nations see oil as their only means to industrial success. And, the Western middle class refuses to modify its energy-dependent lifestyle.
But, even by conservative estimates, we will have burned through most of the world's accessible oil within...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
"Using historical anecdotes and contemporary reporting, Power Trip explains the roots of America's energy addiction, its current state, and outlines real solutions that are arising from a new generation of activists, economists, entrepreneurs, and the business community"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Energy supplies and prices are major economic factors in the United States, and energy markets are volatile and unpredictable. Thus, energy policy has been a recurring issue for Congress since the first major crisis in the 1970s. As an aid in policy making, this report presents a current and historical view of the supply and consumption of various forms of energy. The historical trends show petroleum as the major source of energy, rising from about...
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