A question of power : electricity and the wealth of nations /

A question of power : electricity and the wealth of nations / Robert Bryce.

"If, in the ancient world, it was guns and germs and steel that determined the fates of people and nations, in modern times it is electricity. No other form of power translates into affluence and influence like it. Though demand for it is growing exponentially, it remains one of the most diffic...

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Main Author: Bryce, Robert, 1960- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Electric industries.
Electric industries > History.
Electricity > Social aspects.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Electricity 101
  • The transformative power of electricity
  • The vertical city
  • The new (electric) deal
  • Wiring the superpower
  • Women unplugged
  • My refrigerator versus the world
  • The power imperatives : integrity, capital, and fuel
  • The American way of war
  • Beirut's generator mafia
  • It's not possible to keep the lights on without coal
  • The new (electric) economy
  • Electrified cash
  • Watts into weed
  • The blackout will not be televised
  • The terawatt challenge
  • The all-renewable delusion
  • This land is my land
  • The nuclear necessity
  • Future grid.

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