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Apollo's fire : igniting America's clean-energy economy /

In this book the authors make the case for renewable energy and renewable energy policy. Each chapter begins with an inspiring story by someone working in renewable energy or a related field.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Inslee, Jay
Otros Autores: Hendricks, Bracken
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Island Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The first Apollo Project
  • 1. A new Apollo Project for energy
  • Global warming comes to the White House, or doesn't
  • Ten energy enlightenments
  • 2. Reinventing the car
  • Becoming Mahatma
  • 3. Waking up to the new solar dawn
  • When energy markets go wrong : surviving Enron
  • 4. Energy efficiency : the distributed power of democracy
  • Green-collar jobs : from the South Bronx to Oakland
  • 5. Reenergizing our communities, one project at a time
  • "We don't need oil"
  • 6. Homegrown energy
  • Wild energy : false starts on the road to success
  • 7. Sailing in a sea of energy
  • A mind opened about mined coal
  • 8. Can coal or nuclear be part of the solution?
  • The Apollo Alliance : new coalitions for change
  • 9. What's it going to take?
  • A tale of two presidents
  • 10. An American energy policy
  • Placing out bets on a new Apollo Project
  • Lessons of the mimosa tree
  • Stories from the field
  • Epilogue : launching Apollo.