| Description |
xviii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Bill Clinton -- The First Apollo Project -- Ch. 1. A New Apollo Project for Energy -- Global Warming Comes to the White House - Or Doesn't -- Ten Energy Enlightenments -- Ch. 2. Reinventing the Car -- Becoming Mahatma -- Ch. 3. Waking Up to the New Solar Dawn -- When Energy Markets Go Wrong: Surviving Enron -- Ch. 4. Energy Efficiency: The Distributed Power of Democracy -- Green-Collar Jobs: From the South Bronx to Oakland -- Ch. 5. Reenergizing Our Communities, One Project at a Time -- "We Don't Need Oil" -- Ch. 6. Home Grown Energy -- Wind Energy: False Starts on the Road to Success -- Ch. 7. Sailing in a Sea of Energy -- A Mind Opened about Mined Coal -- Ch. 8. Can Coal Or Nuclear Be Part of the Solution? -- The Apollo Alliance: New Coalitions for Change -- Ch. 9. What's It Going to Take? -- A Tale of Two Presidents -- Ch. 10. An American Energy Policy -- Placing Our Bets on a New Apollo Project -- Lessons of the Mimosa Tree -- Stories from the Field |
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Epilogue: Launching Apollo |
| Summary |
"Global warming. Rising gas prices and falling wages. Wars fought over oil. While some politicians are playing a shell game of denial and obstruction, millions of Americans recognize the price of our carbon economy. They're doing their part - changing light bulbs, carpooling, buying locally grown foods - but it's not enough. The problem runs deeper and the solution must be larger. Apollo's Fire calls for a revolution in how we produce and consume energy, a revolution that will transform our economy with new technologies, reinvest in our communities, and create millions of new "green collar" jobs." "We've seen a technological revolution before. In 1961, President Kennedy launched the Apollo Project by promising to put a man on the moon within the decade. But Apollo was more than just a journey of exploration. It was a unifying vision for the nation, rooted in national security, economic competition, and technological innovation. And it sparked a revolution in science and industry that still drives our economy today." "Now, Apollo's Fire brings that same vision to the fight for clean and reliable energy. It brings to life the passion, the policies, and the people that can make it real: the dreamers in California who believe they can use mirrors and liquid metal to wring more electricity from a ray of sunshine; the innovators who can turn the energy of a simple wave off the Oregon coast into toast in Idaho; and the scientists in Massachusetts who have invented a battery that now runs your hand drill and will soon run your car." "With powerful stories and concrete examples, this thoughtful, optimistic book articulates as nowhere else the economic, energy, and global warming strategies we need to achieve a future worthy of our past."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-367) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Energy policy -- United States.
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Global warming.
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Renewable energy sources -- United States.
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| Author |
Hendricks, Bracken.
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| LC no. |
2007026185 |
| ISBN |
1597261750 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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9781597261753 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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