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What you need to know now about America′s energy future
We all know America has an energy problem even if we can′t all agree on what, specifically, the problem is. Rising costs, changing climate, peak oil, foreign oil, public safety the issues are complicated, the solutions even more so. In Before the Lights Go Out, Maggie Koerth–Baker finally makes some sense out of the competing agendas and reveals the practical, multifaceted plan that will save America′s future.
"With spark and brilliance, Maggie Koerth–Baker reveals the thrumming, secretive inner workings of the U.S. energy grid. The wizard behind the curtain turns out to be a bunch of guys in light blue dress shirts, drinking RC Cola and sweating out a surplus that′s threatening to crash the western seaboard. Using the raw resources of carefully gathered facts and years of experience, Koerth–Baker builds a narrative that flows and illuminates like the river of electrons that I now understand to be electricity. In her capable and stylish telling, energy isn′t just policy and data; it′s people and history, happenstance and compromise. It′s a fine, cracking read."
Mary Roach, author of Stiff and Packing for Mars
"Maggie Koerth–Baker is one of the most innovative science writers at work today. Rather than settling for cheap flash, she burrows deep into many of the biggest mysteries in science and technology and comes out with wonderfully clear explanations. In Before the Lights Go Out, she digs into perhaps the most puzzling and urgent stories of our time: Where are we going to get our energy from in future decades? Her investigations take us from the early days of firewood and coal to the cutting edge of smart grids and carbon capture, and leave us well–equipped to take on this great challenge of our civilization."
Carl Zimmer, contributing editor, Discover; author of Science Ink
"None of this stuff is, in and of itself, sustainable. Not coal, not nukes, not solar, not wind. But some combination of various systems, various compromises and improvements and treaties between mutual belligerents, taken together, hold out the promise of a world where we and our descendants continue to enjoy comfort and prosperity. This isn′t a book about turning down the thermostat in the winter and putting on a sweater: it′s a book about making houses that are better, that warm the rooms where people are and keep the heat in, and, in the process, cost us all less, reduce the pressure to secure oil through military adventurism, and begin to curb our atmospheric CO2 addiction. This is an optimistic book. Not a book that says it′ll all come out all right, but rather a book that says that it might come out all right. It′s a book we need to read."
Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother
What you need to know now about America′s energy future
"Hi, I′m the United States and I′m an oil–oholic." We have an energy problem. And everybody knows it, even if we can′t all agree on what, specifically, the problem is. Rising costs, changing climate, peaking oil, foreign oil, public safety if the fears are this complicated, then the solutions are bound to be even more confusing. Maggie Koerth–Baker science editor at the award–winning blog BoingBoing.net finally makes some sense out of the madness. Over the next 20 years, we′ll be forced to cut 20 quadrillion BTU worth of fossil fuels from our energy budget, by wasting less and investing in alternatives. To make it work, we′ll need to radically change the energy systems that have shaped our lives for 100 years. And the result will be neither business–as–usual, nor a hippie utopia. Koerth–Baker explains what we can do, what we can′t do, and why "The Solution" is really a lot of solutions working together. This isn′t about planting a tree, buying a Prius, and proving that you′re a good person. Economics and social incentives got us a country full of gas–guzzling cars, long commutes, inefficient houses, and coal–fired power plants out in the middle of nowhere, and economics and incentives will be the things that build our new world. Ultimately, change is inevitable.
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