TY  - BOOK
AU  - Makansi,Jason
TI  - Lights out: the electricity crisis, the global economy, and what it means to you 
SN  - 9780470109182 (cloth)
AV  - HD9685.U5 M326 2007
U1  - 333.793/20973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Hoboken, N.J.
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Electric utilities
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-289) and index; Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The worst-case scenario -- Night of the living dead -- The production and delivery value chain -- Around the world, around town -- Preventing the worst case -- Insecurities, vulnerabilities, and an uneasy state of the industry -- Why a first-world country has a third-world grid -- Living with a transaction economy -- The brain drain -- Environmental imperatives -- Houston, we have a problem -- The impact of lengthening supply lines : how elastic are they? -- Fighting "the last war," planning the next one -- It's that '70s show -- Sticker shock (without the sticker) -- Electricity storage -- Coal : extracting its full value -- Exercising the nuclear option -- Savvy consumption, empowering ratepayers -- Distributed power -- Redefining the grid with real intelligence -- The rest of the world -- A vision for the future: daydream, nightmare, or a good night's rest? -- Postscript: personal accountability -- Bibliography --  About the author -- Index
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008125.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2007008125-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2007008125-d.html
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