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Apollo's fire : igniting America's clean-energy economy
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Apollo's fire : igniting America's clean-energy economy

Author: Jay Inslee; Bracken Hendricks
Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In this book the authors make the case for renewable energy and renewable energy policy. Each chapter begins with an inspiring story by someone working in renewable energy or a related field.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Inslee, Jay.
Apollo's fire.
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2008
(OCoLC)655179409
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Jay Inslee; Bracken Hendricks
ISBN: 9781597261753 1597261750 9781597263825 1597263826
OCLC Number: 150255581
Description: xviii, 387 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Foreword / President Bill Clinton --
The first Apollo Project --
ch. 1. A new Apollo Project for energy --
Global warming comes to the White House, or doesn't --
Ten energy enlightenments --
ch. 2. Reinventing the car --
Becoming Mahatma --
ch. 3. Waking up to the new solar dawn --
When energy markets go wrong : surviving Enron --
ch. 4. Energy efficiency : the distributed power of democracy --
Green-collar jobs : from the South Bronx to Oakland --
ch. 5. Reenergizing our communities, one project at a time --
"We don't need oil" --
ch. 6. Homegrown energy --
Wind energy : false starts on the road to success --
ch. 7. Sailing in a sea of energy --
A mind opened about mined coal --
ch. 8. Can coal or nuclear be part of the solution? --
The Apollo Alliance : new coalitions for change --
ch. 9. What's it going to take? --
A tale of two presidents --
ch. 10. An American energy policy --
Placing our bets on a new Apollo Project --
Lessons of the mimosa tree --
Stories from the field --
Epilogue : Launching Apollo --
Acknowledgments --
Notes --
Index.
Responsibility: Jay Inslee, Bracken Hendricks ; foreword by Bill Clinton.
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The vision of Apollo Energy Project is to revolutionize the production of energy and save our planet. This book deals with the energy economy growth, the research required, and the legislation that  Read more...

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""Apollo''s Fire" gets the situation almost exactly right."--Bill McKIbben "SEED magazine "

 
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