LEADER 02963nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910777951003321 005 20080609122343.0 010 $a979-84-00-64089-6 010 $a1-282-42090-9 010 $a9786612420900 010 $a0-313-35541-X 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400640896 035 $a(CKB)1000000000766268 035 $a(EBL)497470 035 $a(OCoLC)742332712 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000139523 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11153212 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139523 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10011927 035 $a(PQKB)11751967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL497470 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10323647 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242090 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC497470 035 $a(OCoLC)1328272920 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400640896BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000766268 100 $a20080605e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe dirty energy dilemma$b[electronic resource] $ewhat's blocking clean power in the United States /$fBenjamin K. Sovacool ; foreword by Marilyn A. Brown 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Publishers,$dc2008. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-35540-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The Big Four Energy Challenges; 2 The Big Four Clean Solutions; 3 Financial and Market Impediments; 4 Political and Regulatory Obstacles; 5 Cultural and Behavioral Barriers; 6 Aesthetic and Environmental Challenges; 7 The Big Four Policy Mechanisms; 8 Conclusions; Notes; Index 330 $aThe American electric utility system is quietly falling apart. Once taken for granted, the industry has become increasingly unstable, fragmented, unreliable, insecure, inefficient, expensive, and harmful to our environment and public health. According to Sovacool, the fix for this ugly array of problems lies not in nuclear power or clean coal, but in renewable energy systems that produce few harmful byproducts, relieve congestion on the transmission grid, require less maintenance, are not subject to price volatility, and enhance the security of the national energy system from natural catastrop 606 $aClean energy$zUnited States 606 $aElectric utilities$xEnvironmental aspects$zUnited States 606 $aEnergy policy$zUnited States 615 0$aClean energy 615 0$aElectric utilities$xEnvironmental aspects 615 0$aEnergy policy 676 $a333.790973 700 $aSovacool$b Benjamin K$0784540 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777951003321 996 $aThe dirty energy dilemma$93805878 997 $aUNINA