A declaration of energy independence how freedom from foreign oil can improve national security, our economy, and the environment /

Main Author: Hakes, Jay E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2008.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10249136
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. The problem of America's energy dependence. America's plunge into reliance on foreign oil
  • A forgotten victory gives hope : how America solved its last energy crisis and cut oil imports in half
  • Lapsing back into oil addiction : retreating from battle under presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush
  • Blood and treasure : the heavy cost of dependence on Middle East oil
  • Fossil fuels and global warming : a dangerous experiment with the planet
  • The magic and limits of market-based solutions
  • Seeing through the ideological blinders (of the right and the left)
  • Pt. 2. Seven economically and politically viable paths to Energy independence. Solution one : store massive emergency reserves
  • Solution two : drive the car of the future
  • Solution three : bring alternative fuels to market
  • Solution four : plug into an electric future
  • Solution five : adopt energy taxes liberals and conservatives can like
  • Solution six : make energy conservation a patriotic duty
  • Solution seven : throw some "Hail Marys"
  • Pt. 3. What we need from national leaders (and from voters).