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Who Turned Out the Lights?: Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis
Scott Bittle
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Description for Who Turned Out the Lights?: Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis
Paperback. Helps readers understand the pros and cons of a range of ideas on the agenda including alternative fuels, nuclear power, clean coal, electric cars, fixing up our houses, and taxing carbon emissions. This book explains that we won't be able to afford the energy we need, and that we'll destroy the planet before we have a chance to solve the problem. Series: Guided Tour of the Economy. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KNBT; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 274.
We are on the verge of a crippling energy crisis that could undermine our economy and change our way of life. In "Who Turned Out the Lights?", Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, editors of the award-winning nonpartisan Web site PublicAgenda.org, offer a much-needed reality check. Neither 'Drill, Baby, Drill' nor 'Every Day is Earth Day' is an effective energy policy, and these kinds of ideological roadblocks have left us spinning our wheels for too long. If we don't get our act together and do something now, we'll be scrambling to get the energy we need to make life as we ... Read more
We are on the verge of a crippling energy crisis that could undermine our economy and change our way of life. In "Who Turned Out the Lights?", Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, editors of the award-winning nonpartisan Web site PublicAgenda.org, offer a much-needed reality check. Neither 'Drill, Baby, Drill' nor 'Every Day is Earth Day' is an effective energy policy, and these kinds of ideological roadblocks have left us spinning our wheels for too long. If we don't get our act together and do something now, we'll be scrambling to get the energy we need to make life as we ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Guided Tour of the Economy
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780061715648
SKU
V9780061715648
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About Scott Bittle
Scott Bittle is an award-winning journalist, policy analyst, and web producer who has written extensively about the federal budget, energy, and foreign policy. Jean Johnson writes frequently about public opinion and public policy and is the author of You Can't Do It Alone, a book on how parents, teachers, and students see education issues. Both authors are senior fellows ... Read more
Reviews for Who Turned Out the Lights?: Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis
"I would hope that government officials, politicians, and everyone that should be involved in the energy crisis- which means you and me-would read Who Turned Out the Lights? This book is factual but not boring. Its suggestions for energy consumption are meaningful."
Blogcritics.org "In this clear, concise, and accessible book, Bittle and Johnson go beyond name calling and finger ... Read more
Blogcritics.org "In this clear, concise, and accessible book, Bittle and Johnson go beyond name calling and finger ... Read more