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The end of energy : the unmaking of America's environment, security, and independence /

Americans take for granted that when we flip a switch the light will go on, and when we pull up to the pump gas will be plentiful and relatively cheap. Here, Michael Graetz shows us that we have been living an energy delusion for forty years. Until the 1970s, we produced domestically all the oil we...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graetz, Michael J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Energy policy > United States.
Energy development > United States.
Energy industries > United States.
United States > Economic policy.
Table of Contents:
  • A "new economic policy"
  • Losing control over oil
  • The environment moves front and center
  • No more nuclear
  • The changing face of coal
  • Natural gas and the ability to price
  • The quest for alternatives and to conserve
  • A crisis of confidence
  • The end of an era
  • Climate change : a game changer
  • Shock to trance : the power of price
  • The invisible hand : regulation and the rise of cap and trade
  • Government for the people : Congress and the road to reform
  • Disaster in the Gulf.