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Consuming Power: A Social History of American Energies

Product DescriptionHow did the United States become the world’s largest consumer of energy? David Nye shows that this is less a question about the development of technology than it is a question about the development of culture. In Consuming Power, Nye uses energy as a touchstone to examine the lives of ordinary people engaged in [...]

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Clean Energy Common Sense: An American Call to Action on Global Climate Change

Product DescriptionAs America confronts global climate change, this documents the problem, sets forth solutions, and challenges each of us to do our part to embrace a clean and sustainable energy future, today and in the years ahead. Doing so, she convincingly argues, will help put Americans back to work, reduce our reliance on foreign oil [...]

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