LEADER 04510oam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910789826703321 005 20190503073356.0 010 $a1-283-02016-5 010 $a9786613020161 010 $a0-262-29561-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079873 035 $a(OCoLC)712026941 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10453044 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000468783 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11331740 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000468783 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10507249 035 $a(PQKB)11159225 035 $a(CaBNVSL)mat06267529 035 $a(IDAMS)0b000064818b4571 035 $a(IEEE)6267529 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26666 035 $a(OCoLC)712026941$z(OCoLC)708741627$z(OCoLC)741251230$z(OCoLC)816647639$z(OCoLC)961499020$z(OCoLC)962589852$z(OCoLC)1037534491$z(OCoLC)1055317145$z(OCoLC)1065918624$z(OCoLC)1081201477 035 $a(OCoLC-P)712026941 035 $a(MaCbMITP)8653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10453044 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL302016 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339198 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079873 100 $a20110411d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe end of energy $ethe unmaking of America's environment, security, and independence /$fMichael J. Graetz 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (380 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-262-51867-8 311 $a0-262-01567-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA "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 -- 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. 330 3 $a"Americans take for granted that when we flip a switch the light will go on, when we turn up the thermostat the room will get warm, and when we pull up to the pump gas will be plentiful and relatively cheap. In The End of Energy, 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 needed to run our power plants, heat our homes, and fuel our cars. Since then, we have had to import most of the oil we use, much of it from the Middle East. And we rely on an even dirtier fuel--coal--to produce half of our electricity. Graetz describes more than forty years of energy policy incompetence--from the Nixon administration's fumbled response to the OPEC oil embargo through the failure to develop alternative energy sources to the current political standoff over "cap and trade"--And argues that we must make better decisions for our energy future. Rather than pushing policies that, over time, would produce the changes we need, presidents have swung for the fences, wasting billions seeking a technological "silver bullet" to solve all our problems. Congress has continually elevated narrow parochial interests over our national goals, directing huge subsidies and tax breaks to favored constituents and contributors. And, despite thousands of pages of energy legislation since the 1970s, Americans have never been asked to pay a price that reflects the real cost of the energy they consume. Until Americans face the facts about price, our energy incompetence will continue--and along with it the unraveling of our environment, security, and independence." 606 $aEnergy policy$zUnited States 606 $aEnergy development$zUnited States 606 $aEnergy industries$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy 610 $aENVIRONMENT/Energy 610 $aENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy 610 $aSOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/International Relations & Security 615 0$aEnergy policy 615 0$aEnergy development 615 0$aEnergy industries 676 $a333.7900973 700 $aGraetz$b Michael J$0122984 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789826703321 996 $aThe end of energy$93684621 997 $aUNINA