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050		4	_aTJ808.7.U6 _bM33 2011
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100	1		_aMadrigal, Alexis, _d1982-
245	1	0	_aPowering the dream _h[electronic resource] : _bthe history and promise of green technology / _cAlexis Madrigal.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bDa Capo Press, _c2011.
300			_axiv, 365 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Few today realize that electric cabs dominated Manhattan's streets in the 1890s; that Boise, Idaho, had a geothermal heating system in 1910; or that the first megawatt turbine in the world was built in 1941 by the son of publishing magnate G. P. Putnam--a feat that would not be duplicated for another forty years. Likewise, while many remember the oil embargo of the 1970s, few are aware that it led to a corresponding explosion in green-technology research that was only derailed when energy prices later dropped.In other words: We've been here before. Although we may have failed, America has had the chance to put our world on a more sustainable path. Americans have, in fact, been inventing green for more than a century.Half compendium of lost opportunities, half hopeful look toward the future, Powering the Dream tells the stories of the brilliant, often irascible inventors who foresaw our current problems, tried to invent cheap and energy renewable solutions, and drew the blueprint for a green future"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"This book looks at the history of alternative energy (solar, wind)"-- _cProvided by publisher.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aRenewable energy sources _xResearch _zUnited States _xHistory _vPopular works.
650		0	_aRenewable energy sources _xForecasting _vPopular works.
650		0	_aSustainable engineering _zUnited States _xHistory _vPopular works.
650		0	_aSustainable engineering _xForecasting _vPopular works.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
710	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
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